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Short Takes

NHPCO and NAHC Collaborate
on Webinar
NHPCO and the National Association for
Home Care & Hospice worked together on a
special Webinar, Fraud and Abuse in Home
Care and Hospice: Understanding Risk
Areas; Preparing for Review, presented on
Wednesday, February 21.
Designed to help providers understand fraud and abuse, the audit process,
how to prevent allegations, and how to prepare responses to audits if they
occur, the Webinar was seen in more than 100 locations across the country.
The distinguished faculty featured Edo Banach, JD of NHPCO; William A.
Dombi, Esq. of NAHC; Jason Bring, JD of Arnall Golden Gregory, LLC; and
Howard Young, JD of Morgan Lewis & Bockius. The presenters discussed
practices that increase the likelihood of allegations and shared lessons
learned from providers that have experienced audits. Helpful to Webinar
participants, they offered guidance on how to prepare for additional
scrutiny and audits and what actions responsible leaders should take to
prevent such issues.
NHPCO and NAHC look forward to another special Webinar collaboration
in September 2018. Look for details later in the year.

Update of National Consensus
Project Clinical Practice Guidelines
In January 2017, the Gordon and Betty Moore
Foundation awarded the National Coalition for
Hospice and Palliative Care (NCHPC) and the
Hospice and Palliative Nurses Foundation a
two-year grant to update the National Consensus Project Clinical Practice
Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care to be inclusive for all people with serious
illness, regardless of setting, diagnosis, prognosis, or age.
Building on the success of the NCP Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Care,
3rd edition (2013), this two-year project involves national stakeholder
organizations, including representatives from a broad range of care settings,
accrediting bodies, payers, and community services organizations. Previous
versions of the NCP Guidelines were more applicable to specialist level palliative

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care within hospital and hospice
settings, and the new NCP Guidelines
will be broadened to encompass
palliative care delivery by all
clinicians caring for the seriously ill
in all care settings.
To launch this effort, a NCP
Stakeholder Strategic Directions
Summit was held June 29-30, 2017
to bring together key national
organizations to discuss and define
essential elements of quality
primary and specialty palliative care
services in the community (which
included NHPCO). The Stakeholder
Strategic Directions Summit was the
first major step to solicit input for the
NCP Clinical Practice Guidelines for
Quality Palliative Care, 4th edition.
A NCP Stakeholder Summit
Summary Report is available to
download that captures key themes,
considerations, and ideas discussed
during the Summit.
In addition, a systematic review with
a formal grading of the evidence is
being added to the original project
scope to align with the criteria
required for inclusion in the Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality
National Guideline Clearinghouse™.
With the addition of the systematic
review, the publication date for the
National Consensus Project Clinical
Practice Guidelines for Quality
Palliative Care, 4th Edition, is set for
fall 2018. To stay informed about
the latest updates with the 4th
edition, visit www.
nationalcoalitionhpc.org/ncpguidelines-2018.
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