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continued from previous page • Administered a survey to selected providers focused on distribution of facility based patients and provided analysis to inform NHPCO’s advocacy efforts. • Released the FY2011 National Summary of Hospice Care, providing a comprehensive compilation of information on hospice operations. • Continued to support the quality initiatives of member-providers through the availability of five free performance measure tools: Patient Outcomes and Measures (including Comfortable Dying/NQF #0209); Family Evaluation of Bereavement Services; Family Evaluation of Palliative Care; Family Evaluation of Hospice Care; and the Survey of Team Attitudes and Relationships. Support for performance improvement ranged from the creation of nationallevel comparison reports to individual consultations related to the incorporation of measures into providers’ QAPI programs. Additional Initiatives • Offered a 12-Webinar Quality and Regulatory track on key topics such as “Tools and Models for Building an Effective Compliance Program” and “The New Mandatory Quality Measures: Is Your Organization Ready?” (Review the Webinars for 2013.) • Increased participation levels in We Honor Veterans. There are now 1,610 hospices and 25 state hospice organizations enrolled as Recruits or Partners. leaders discuss new programs and services that are reaching patients earlier in the illness trajectory. (An annual compendium was produced as a convenient reference.) • Offered more than 20 sessions on the Care Continuum at NHPCO’s two national conferences. • Continued to advance pediatric palliative care through: The work of ChiPPS (Children’s Project on Palliative/Hospice Services); Dedicated programming at national conferences, including a two-day pediatric training at the 2012 Clinical Team Conference (the only such training in the country with a multidisciplinary focus); Development of six E-OL online-learning modules; Publication of the Pediatric Concurrent Care Continuum Briefing. • Created the Advancing Endof-Life Care Access Award to recognize provider initiatives that have significantly increased the type, scope, or range of services offered to and used by a traditionally underserved population. (The inaugural award was presented to VITAS Innovative Hospice Care of Dayton, a Level Four Partner in the We Honor Veterans program.) Access • Created the Trailblazer Award to recognize state hospice organizations that are expanding access, promoting quality, and increasing awareness of hospice palliative care. (The inaugural award was presented to Hospice and Palliative Care Association of New York State—see June NewsLine.) • Continued the “Hospice in the Continuum” series in NewsLine where hospice 12 NewsLine http://www.nhpco.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=6733 http://www.nhpco.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=6733 http://www.nhpco.org/files/public/communications/Hospice-in-Continuum_Compendium.pdf http://www.nhpco.org/files/public/communications/Hospice-in-Continuum_Compendium.pdf http://www.wehonorveterans.com http://www.nhpco.org/nds http://www.nhpco.org/nds http://www.nhpco.org/i4a/pages/Index.cfm?pageID=3376 http://www.nhpco.org/i4a/pages/Index.cfm?pageID=3376 http://www.nhpco.org/febs http://www.nhpco.org/febs http://www.nhpco.org/fepc http://www.nhpco.org/fepc http://www.nhpco.org/fehc http://courses.learnsomething.com/scripts2/content.asp?a=A99A9C820B3E44B38DBACB704857DE15&r=Catalog http://www.nhpco.org/fehc http://www.nhpco.org/star http://courses.learnsomething.com/scripts2/content.asp?a=A99A9C820B3E44B38DBACB704857DE15&r=Catalog http://www.nhpco.org/star https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nhpco/newsline_201206/#/28 http://www.nhpco.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=6698 https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nhpco/newsline_201206/#/28 http://www.nhpco.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=6698 http://www.nhpco.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=6698

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of NewsLine - January 2013

New Strategic Plan to Guide Us Forward
Highlights From 2012
New NHPCO Website
Meet MLC’s Stellar Plenary Speakers
The Voice of NCHPP
Social Work Leadership—a Resource to be Tapped
My.NHPCO: A Great Resource for SWs
Get the NHPCO Edge (display ad)
How Can I Help Hospice? (display ad)
Compliance Tip
A Special Thanks to Our Guest Authors
Videos Worth Watching
News From NHF

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