Current Events

NHHPCO Networking Meeting Schedule

4 Watch for the new networking group Hospice/Long Term Care Network group .   The group will be lead by Karen Wright from SolAmor Hospice and Tim Stockton from HHH & CS

4 Administrator's Networking Group
Please join us to discuss policies, procedures, best practices, state and local issues, and we make time for open question and answers.

January 12, 2010 Topic: Follow up with the Medicaid Hospice Benefit and the new LCD's
March 9, 2010
May 11,2010
July 13, 2010
Sept. 14, 2010
Nov.9, 2010

The meetings are held at the NH Hospital Association Building, 125 Airport Road in Concord from 9:30-11:30.   For more information contact:

Susan Herrmann, 603-352-2253, ext. 192, sherrmann@hcsservices.org

4 Bereavement and Volunteer Coordinators Meeting

Meetings typically include some open networking time to introduce new members and bring up any questions or current items for discussion, special topics related to managing volunteer and bereavement programs, and sharing either an audio or video resource.
Our group will continue to hold quarterly networking meetings in 2008 at the NH Hospital Association building at 125 Airport Road in Concord. Please bring a bag lunch with you for each meeting. Dates for upcoming meetings are:
Wednesday, February 25 - noon to 3:00 pm
Wednesday, May 20th - noon to 3:00 pm
Wednesday, August 19th - noon to 3:00
Wednesday, November 18th - noon to 3:00 pm

Contact: Tanya Prather of Community Hospice House
Merrimack NH, 603-424-3822, tanya.prather@hhhc.org

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Social Workers Networking Group

The Social Workers continue to meet monthly. Unless otherwise indicated, meetings are held at the NH-NASW office, 4 Chenell Drive, Ste. 103, Concord, NH.   Come join us!

Directions: From Loudon Road take Airport Road to first light. Take a left onto Regional Drive. Go approximately � mile and take Chenell Drive on the left. It�s the second building on your left - the center door of #4.

Contact Laurie Farmer, LICSW at laurie.farmer@crvna.org or 224-4093 to be added to the email contact list for updates and information about meetings.

4 Spiritual Care Networking Group
This is a support and peer supervision group specific to hospice chaplains or spiritual care providers. The group meets on the third Tuesday of every month, from 12-2pm at 125 Airport Road, Concord. These lunch meetings are a time for reflection, case review, and mutual support.

For information contact:

John D. M. Davies
Chaplain & Bereavement Coordinator
Community Health & Hospice, Inc.
Laconia, NH
603-524-8444, x321
JDavies@commhlth.org Arthur H. Reublinger
Spiritual Care Counselor
Rockingham VNA/Hospice
137 Epping Road, Exeter, NH
(603)772-2981 x286
hospicecareguy@comcast.net

4 Seacoast Regional NHHPCO Meeting
We are an interdisciplinary support/education group for Seacoast area NHHPCO member hospice agencies meeting the first Thursday of each month from 8 - 9 am at:

The Inn at Spruce Woods
25 Worthen Road
Durham, NH 03824

For information, please contact:

Ed Vaeni at 603-750-3024, or email at evaeni0912@amedisys.com

4 NHHPCO Palliative Care Clinicians Special Interest Group
This interdisciplinary networking group for palliative care and hospice clinicians have been meeting regularly (typically a working dinner meeting) twice annually in the spring and fall.

For further information contact: Patrick Clary, MD, plclary@aol.com
Thursday, January 21 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM as the next meeting of that group which will be held jointly with the Palliative Care Providers' networking group. The subject will be "Breaking the Code - physician and ARNP billing for hospice and palliative care services" and up to 2.5 hours of CME credit will be offered. This is a dinner meeting at The Exeter Inn, 90 Front Street Exeter NH. The only charge will be for the meal as other expenses are covered by Exeter Hospital. RSVPs are required to my email address for planning purposes.