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Hospice and Palliative Care Management Yearbook

Managed Care Information Center
January 1, 2010
280 Pages - SKU: HP2768500

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Trends in the management of hospice programs, key developments, regulations and compliance, the importance of increasing referrals, best practices, and a focus on the hospice profession are just a few of the reference topics in the new Hospice and Palliative Care Management Yearbook. We have done your work for you -- the hospice letter editorial staff has taken the most important articles that were published in the hospice management newsletter during the last two years, edited, compiled and organized the information by subject to make your research on hospice management information as easy as possible. The Yearbook is organized in logical order by category including hospice and compliance, marketing your hospice program, managing hospice and palliative care programs, best practices, working with physicians and referrals.

Introduction
Chapter 1- Key Trends and Developments In Hospice and Palliative Care: Hospice Care: Top Trends And Achievements; NHPCO’s Goals and Achievements Cited; Medicare Hospice Beneficiaries In Nursing Facilities Have Greater Cost; What Obama’s Victory May Mean For Seniors And Healthcare; Hospice Medicare Reimbursement Cuts Draw Fire; Late Referrals Are The Greatest Challenge For Hospices, Survey Found; Late Referrals To Hospice Results In More Unmet Needs At The End Of Life,Study Finds; Hospices Strained By Gasoline Prices, Due To Slow Economy,According To Survey; Home Care Workers Drive More Than UPS Drivers, Suffer From Rising Gas Prices; Hospices May Have Incentives In Longer Stays For Patients; MedPAC Report; Patients At End-Of-Life Over-Treated, Especially In New Jersey; New Study Released On Hospice Use; Hospice Care Reduces Medicare Costs By $2,309 Per Patient; More Care, Less Quality Given To Chronically Ill In Last Two Years Of Life; End-Of-Life Care ‘In A Mess’ Due To Cost, Ethical Issues; Hospice Care Not Widely Available In Certain Areas, Study Finds; VA Hospice And Palliative Care Programs On The Rise; Nursing Home Residents Lack Cancer Care Services; EOL Care Lacking In Half Of All Countries, Report Finds
Chapter 2 - Legislation and Regulation Affecting Hospice and Palliative Care: Hospices Negatively Affected By Medicare Rates, Uncertain About Proposed Cuts; NHPCO Urges Members To Act Now To Protect Hospice Reimbursement Rate; Hospice Rate Phase-Out Final Rule Published By CMS; NHPCO Sues Bush Administration Over Medicare’s Cuts For Hospice; MedPAC Report: Updated Data Needed To Calculate Hospice Payment; CMS Issues Final Rule For Hospice Conditions Of Participation; CMS Proposes New Hospice Wage Index For FY 2008; CMS Wage Index Adjustment Phase-Out Spells A Reduction In Hospice Rates; CMS Should Increase The Frequency Of Hospice Certifications, OIG Suggests; New Act Created To Prevent Medicare Cuts To Home Health Programs; Home Health Agencies To See An Estimated Additional $20 Million In Medicare Payments; Home Health Agencies May See $140 Million In Medicare Payments In CY 2008; Home Health Agency Fraud The Target Of New HHS Demonstration Project; Alabama First To Add Self-Directed Home-Based Services Through State Medicaid Plan; DoD Updates TRICARE Reimbursement Rates; IRS Updates Form 990 For Tax-Exempt Organizations; Hospice and Palliative Care Management Yearbook
Chapter 3 - Hospice and Compliance: CoPs Of Greatest Importance To Hospice Professionals, According To Exclusive Survey; New Hospice CoPs: Core Services; Providing Assessments And Delivering Service With New Hospice CoPs; Delving Into The New Hospice Conditions Of Participation: Definitions And Patient Rights; Hospices Required To Provide New Data On Medicare Claims; Guidelines For Reporting Additional Data On Hospice Claims; Developing A Hospice Compliance Program Is Essential; Overcoming Questions On Hospice Compliance
Chapter 4 - Managing Hospice and Palliative Care Programs: Hospice Professionals Share The Greatest Challenges They Face; In The New Year; Ensuring Compliance, Strategic Planning Top List Of Job Tasks For Hospice Executives; Hospice Organizations Share New Programs, Recent Changes; Creating Efficiency With Nursing Home And Hospice Partnerships; Strategies For Treating Veterans In Hospice Care; Volunteers Are Important In Hospice; Joint Commission Publishes 2008 Home Care National Patient Safety Goals; Better Communication In The ICU About EOL Care Reduces Stress, Anxiety For Families; Quality Measures Created By NHPCO Cited In Two National HHS Reports; Chronically Ill Children More Likely To Die At Home Than In Hospital; Gentiva Enrolls 300 Home Health Offices In National Quality Improvement Campaign; Patients W ith Dementia Benefit From Hospice Care, Study Finds; Adversity Allows Arbor Hospice To Strengthen Itself; Haven Hospice’s ‘Commitment To Caring’ Initiative Demonstrates Client Increase; Beacon Hospice Offers Unique End-Stage Dementia Program; Research Key For San Diego Hospice; CIGNA HealthCare And VITAS Innovative Hospice Care Form Partnership; Animal Instinct? The Role Of Pets In End-Of-Life Care; NPI Now Being Used: Where To Find Information; Morphine: Drug For Dying; Strategies To Avoid Employment Lawsuits In Healthcare Organizations; How To Use The New Tax Form 990 For Non-Profits; Nurses At The Connecticut Hospice Inc. Certified; NHPCO Recognizes Hospice, Palliative Care Leaders; Innovative End-Of-Life Care Providers Recognized; NHPCO Presents Awards To Leaders In Hospice And Palliative Care; NHPCO Gives State Hospices Computer Equipment; End-Of-Life Planning Is A Taboo Subject, According To National Survey; Palliative Care Can ‘Change The Face Of Healthcare’; Hospital Palliative Care Programs Increase 96 Percent In Five Years; Palliative Care Programs Save Hospitals More Than $300 A Day,; Hospice and Palliative Care Management Yearbook Study Finds; Palliative Care Programs On The Rise In California; Physician’s Assistant Leads Hospice’s Palliative Care Outreach; $1.5 Million Awarded For Palliative Care Research; Palliative Care Development Grant Awarded For Medical Student-Faculty; Baylor College Of Medicine Receives Grant To Develop Palliative Care Curriculum
Chapter 5 - Best Practices In Hospice and Palliative Care Administration: Admission Process A Good Target For Performance Improvement, Experts Say; ACP Releases New Guidelines For End-Of-Life Care; Pediatric Palliative And Hospice Task Force Created In Pennsylvania; Suncoast Solutions Teams W ith The Hospice Leaders Project; Effective Use Of Opioids Does Not Hasten Death, Study Finds; Eight States Improve Pain Policies In Past Year; End-Of-Life Care For Children With Cancer Improves; Bridging End-Of-Life Care And Adult Day Services The Goal Of New Easter Seals Project; Home Health Quality Improvement Campaign Attracts 5,000 Agencies; Hospice Care Prolongs Life For Some, New Study Finds; Counseling For Alzheimer’s Caregivers Benefits Their Health; Antibiotic Use Prevalent For End-Stage Dementia Patients In Nursing Home Care; NHPCO Presents Awards For Excellence In Hospice And Palliative Care; Physicians’ Care Choices For End-Of-Life Remain Constant Over Three Years, Study Finds; Ethical Dilemmas At End-Of-Life Face Doctors, Leave Patients In Pain; Visits To Primary Care Physicians May Decrease Hospital Stays At End-Of-Life; How To Help Families And Physicians Let Go Of The Dying; First ABMS Exam in Hospice and Palliative Medicine Scheduled For 2008; Education Award Given To Physicians For Role In Pain Management
Chapter 6 - Hospice And Bereavement Programs: Normal Patterns Of Grief Confirmed By New Study; Strategies For Helping The Bereaved; VNA Hospice Offers A Variety Of Bereavement Programs; Perinatal Hospice Programs Provide Support For Families Facing A Newborn’s Death; How Grief And Bereavement Affects Children Differently; Helping Children And Adolescents Grieve; ‘Hopeful’ Nurses More Confident In Caring For Dying Children, Study Finds; VNA Of Central Jersey Offers Grief Support Through Annual Children’s Day; Caregivers May Suffer From Compassion Fatigue; Continuum Hospice Care Turns To Internet To Reach Out To The Bereaved; Rainbow Hospice Coordinates Public Art Display With City; Financial Burden, Family Health Issues Caused By Cancer Explored In New Study; Hospice and Palliative Care Management Yearbook
Chapter 7 - Marketing Your Hospice/Palliative Care Program: How Hospices Can Stand Out By Using Specifics, Rather Than Generalities; “It’s About Them” Approach To Increasing Referrals; Reach Outside Of Your Comfort Level To Promote Diversity For Your Organization; Latino Knowledge And Use Of Hospice Limited; Media Can Reach African-American, Hispanic Communities With Hospice Message; ‘Work Harder’ To Overcome Disparities In Hospice Access For African-Americans; Best Practices In Hospice Marketing; Successful Partnerships Between Hospice And Nursing Homes Can Be Created; How To Market Hospice To Local, Long-Distance Caregivers Via The Web; Using Hospice Websites To Improve Referrals; How To Best Use Your Hospice Web Site; Elizabeth Hospice’s Website Meets Technological Needs Of Community; California VNA Launches Outreach Initiative With Goal Of 1,000 Hospice Enrollees For At Least >100 Days In 2007; Tips For Getting Staff Involved In Marketing; How To Market Hospice Without Breaking The Bank; Documentary By Community Home Care & Hospice Raises Awareness For End-Of-Life Care; TV Ads Aren’t Cheap — But They Can Be Effective For Hospices; Hospice Organizations Initiate Partnering For Children Campaign; Marketing Partner Selected For The National Hospice Referral Network; Look Through ‘Customers Eyes’ For Hospice Referrals
Chapter 8 - Staffing and Volunteers In Hospice and Palliative Care: Majority Of Hospice Programs Have More Than 50 Full-Time Paid Staff, According To Survey; Hospice Survey Shows Most Organizations Have More Than 50 Staff Members; Hospices Share Staff, Volunteer Sizes; Volunteers Essential For Hospice, According To Exclusive Survey; Good News For Hospice Volunteers: Helping Others Improves Health,; Study Finds; Survey Finds 79 Percent Of Hospice Executives Feel Their Compensation; Is Competitive; Hospice Professionals’ Salaries Increased In 2005; Health Insurance, Retirement Plans Top List Of Benefits For Hospice Professionals; Preventing Burn Out In The Hospice Industry; HospiceChoices Offers Staffing Solution Exclusively For Hospice Community; Q&A: Hospice Nurse’s W ork Influences Her Writing; Hospice Discussion Group Helps Keep Professionals Aware Of Industry News, Trends; Hospice and Palliative Care Management Yearbook
Chapter 9 - Funding and Grants For Hospice and End-of-Life Care: Eleven State Pain Initiatives Receive Grants; University Of Illinois Receives $2.4 Million Grant For End-Of-Life Research; World Hospice And Palliative Care Day Raises Money And Awareness; HHS Awards $430 Million To Help Hospitals, Healthcare Facilities Prepare For Disaster; Aetna Grants Support End-Of- Life Care Initiatives; $13 Million Grant Of Fujitsu Technology To Potentially Transform Hospice Care; Moyer Foundation To Expand Camp Erin Bereavement Camps; Archstone Foundation Provides $900,000 Grant For End-of-Life Nursing; NHPCO Receives $250,000 Grant From Fujitsu; The Moyer Foundation Raises $325,000 In Annual Giving Luncheon; Run To Remember Raises Money For NHF In Honor Of Loved Ones; Cross Country Bike Ride Raised $150,000 For Hospice; The Reader’s Digest Foundation Donates $100,000 To The National Hospice Foundation; Lory’s Place Received $35,000 For Run, Walk And Rock Fundraiser; Hospice Of Siouxland Receives $12,000 Grant For PACE Program; Hope Hospice Receives $2,000 From Benefit Concert; Avow Raises Funds With Its Fourth Regatta; Chocolate Pizzas To Raise Money For Bereavement Center; Grant Helps Buy Equipment For VNA, Hospice And Adult Day Centers; Mary And Emanuel Rosenfeld Pediatrics Fund Created From NHF Donation
Chapter 10 - Hospices in the News: New Organization In Hospice And Palliative Care; Visiting Nurse Service Of New York Holds Film Contest Featuring; Hospice Patients; Texas Hospice Inpatient Unit Opening In February; Baptist Trinity Hospice House Of Tennessee Approved To Be Built Hospice Facility Breaks Ground In North Carolina; Covenant Hospice Offers Bereavement Camp For Children; Susan D. Lloyd Honored At Delaware Hospice; Rainbow Hospice Inpatient Unit Featured At Annual Angels Ball; NHPCO Elects Board Of Directors For 2008; Campus Of Caring Seeks Donations To Build Hospice Facility; Hospice Patients Create Art, Have Work Showcased; Ground Breaking For End-Of-Life Care Facility; Florida Hospice Provided $30,000 In Supplies To Jamaica And Africa For EOL Services; Maryland Seal Of Excellence Given To Hospice Caring Inc; Hospice Provider Receives CHAP Accreditation; End-of-Life Care Programs Receive Awards; OCS And Misys Healthcare Expand To Hospice Market; Hospice News Briefs
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