Here's What's New
4In
accordance with Section 1814(i)(5) of the Affordable Care Act,
hospices may now voluntarily submit
the structural measure to CMS between now and January 31. For
more information and instructions
please see the
Hospice Quality Reporting User’s Guide
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4SAVE
THE DATE--Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012 - LNA Review Course taught by Mary
McInnes and Charlene
Forcier. For details and Registration Form
PLEASE CLICK HERE!
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4NHHPCO
is pleased to announce the opening of Journey Home Thrift Shop, 200
Lafayette Rd. in North
Hampton NH. Owner extraordinaire - Janet Hamilton has many
years of experience operating thrift
shops in the seacoast area and has chosen NHHPCO to support
with financial donations from her new
shop once profits are realized in a year or so. For details
please see link on left side of page!
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4NHHPCO
announces support for the development of POLST. The NHHPCO Board of
Directors recently
voted to support the use of Provider Orders for
Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST). A comprehensive
POLST strategy will provide an opportunity to respect the
wishes of patients and strengthen
communication between patients and clinicians and among
different health provider organizations. The
POLST document reflects current preferences of the patient
with serious illness or frailty and answers
questions for treatment that goes beyond the portable DNR.
The POLST extends patient autonomy in
multiple care settings by allowing people to document their
desire for common treatments that often
require quick decisions to administer such as antibiotics,
blood transfusions and fluids. The POLST
initiative is being led by the N.H. Healthcare Decisions
Coalition.
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4Are
you interested in becoming a hospice volunteer? Join one of the
hundreds of trained volunteers
providing this valuable support to families throughout New
Hampshire. For information on upcoming
training programs
PLEASE CLICK
HERE
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4Presenting
Hospice Analytics: Adding Value for NHHPCO Members. Hospice
Analytics’
Market Reports, available in partnership with NHHPCO, will
give your hospice agency
access to detailed, county-level hospice data for your select
service area based on the
latest Medicare 100% Hospice Standard Analytic file (aka,
claims data) from 2009, the
most current year available.
CLICK HERE to order your report
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4Highlights
from the New Hampshire Palliative Care Survey
PLEASE CLICK HERE |
4Quick
Reference Card -
Opioid Use Guidelines
Updated card to
reflect
prescribing "best practices" for 2010 now available. Please
DOWNLOAD HERE
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4Interested
in becoming involved in
NHHPCO activities...
committee work,
a networking group?
READ ABOUT THE OPTIONS HERE
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4BOOKS
FOR SALE! Please
CLICK HERE
for
description and
order information!
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YET?
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at $50/yr. Support this effort. Sign up HERE |
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