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Hospice
in the Nursing Home: How to Build, Manage and Sustain a Successful and
Rewarding Partnership for the Best Possible End-of-Life Care
Partnerships between nursing homes and hospices have been on the rise
from a 23 percent rate of collaboration in 1993 to around 80 percent today.
It has been shown that residents of nursing homes who enroll in hospice are less
frequently hospitalized and have a higher quality of life and end-of-life care.
Join hospice letter and three dynamic speakers to learn how hospices can overcome
the hurdles to build a successful and positive partnership in order to provide the
best possible end-of-life care for nursing home residents in this 90 minute audio
webcast.
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The
New Hospice Conditions of Participation: Details and Insight into
CMS’ Final Rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS) issued the long awaited final rule revising the
conditions of participation (CoPs) that hospices must meet to
participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The rule was
published in the June 5 Federal Register. Join hospice letter and
officials from the CMS for a comprehensive review of the final
Conditions of Participation regulations in this 90 minute audio
conference and webinar.
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Tapping
into Your Hospice Referral Sources: Successful Strategies for Boosting
Referrals and ALOS
More timely hospice patient referrals is a chief
concern to the majority of hospice professionals, according to hospice letter’s
annual executive survey. There are strategies you can use to develop
effective, ongoing programs to strengthen referrals and ALOS. Join hospice letter to
hear real-life case studies on what’s working to improve
hospice referrals in this 90 minute audio conference and webinar.
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Now Available on CD-ROM
Getting
the Most From Your Hospice Website to Build Stronger Community
Relationships, Increase Awareness and Referrals
Too often the Internet is a marketing afterthought,
when in fact it can be a key factor in driving traffic to your door.
You do not need fancy bells and whistles to use the Web to its fullest.
A simple understanding of the Internet's strengths and weaknesses will
help you to parlay this unique medium to your best advantage. Join hospice letter
for this 90-minute audio conference and webinar.
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Now Available on CD-ROM
How
to Develop an Effective Hospice Compliance Program to Ensure Adherence
and Quality EOL Care
Ensuring compliance
with regulations tops the list
of job responsibilities for hospice executives, according to hospice
letter’s annual Hospice Executive’s
Salary and
Benefits Survey. While hospice administrators are
extremely aware of
what the regulations are, hospice staff is not always fully informed or
compliant. Join hospice letter and two renowned leaders in hospice
compliance in this 90-minute audio conference and webinar.
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Today’s
Hottest Hospice Marketing Trends: How to Increase Business and Develop
Public Awareness
As the hospice
industry continues to grow, it is
also becoming more competitive. It is now a necessity for hospices to
focus on their marketing efforts in order to increase their referrals
and admissions. Listen in to this program with your staff members and
walk away with some concrete ideas you can use to market your hospice
right away!
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hospice letter
An essential tool for
hospice managers, hospice letter stays on top of the most current
challenges facing hospice executives, including legislative scrutiny,
the short average length of stay, Medicare and Medicaid reform,
discussions about physician-assisted suicide, managed care and
integration.
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How
Stronger Hospice-Physician Education Programs Can Improve End-of-Life
Care, ALOS and Your Bottom Line
Now,
"How Stronger Hospice-Physician Education Programs Can Improve
End-of-Life Care, ALOS and Your Bottom Line" has been produced by the
editorial staff of hospice
letter, the
nation's first and leading management briefing for hospice executives
since 1979.
Making
The Case For Grant
Funding Support For End-Of-Life Care
"Making
The Case For Grant Funding Support For End-Of-Life Care," sets forth
the compelling need to financially support new and expanded strategies
for improving end-of-life care.
Successful
Hospice Marketing Methods
CD-ROM
The
need for active marketing of hospice and palliative care is crucial.
Although the hospice community has come forward in recent years with
marketing efforts, more needs to be done, according to industry
officials.
Hard
Copy
This
convenient hard copy report takes the above Successful Hospice
Marketing Methods audio conference and provides it to you in a readable
format, including the complete text of speakers' presentations and
conference "handout" material.
Hospice
Medicare Reimbursement Rates and the
New 2006 Wage Index
As
expected, the final rule setting the Hospice
Wage Index for Fiscal Year 2006 has recently been announced by the
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The new hospice wage index
will be used to reflect local differences in area wage level by
adjusting payment rates for hospices under the Medicare programs. The
CMS identifies the revised labor market and metropolitan core based
statistical areas.
Join
Tom Boyd from Boyd and Nicholas to get a
better understanding of the new Medicare reimbursement methodology and
how it will affect your agency in this special 60-minute teleconference.
Indicators of Excellence In Hospice: Secrets
To The Key Best Practices In Today's Competitive Health and Palliative
Care Environment
Smaller
organizations are permitted to join
together and share the cost and dial in from one location. There are
reasons why the best of breed hospices are the best, and why it's
critical for hospice executives, your boards and management team to
focus on your hospice's indicators of excellence.
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Improve Your Management Skills! Effective
Strategies for Managing Hospice Employees
Includes
real-world strategies for employee communication, making smart hiring
decisions, managing staff in nursing homes and leading teams; tips to
reduce turnover among home health aides, to set salaries for your
employees, to plan and conduct staff retreats, to evaluate your
hospice's need for a drug testing program, to protect community workers
against workplace violence; and more!
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