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Short
Takes
Providers Successfully Earning Quality
Connections Rings
Thirty-three hospice providers progress through NHPCO's
quality improvement program
NHPCO is proud to share the organizations that have earned rings in
the first quarter of the innovative Quality Connections (QC) program.
QC is structured around four fundamental pillars which are represented
by four QC rings: Education, Application, Measurement, and Innovation.
Education
Application
As of April 15, 2021, the following organizations have earned rings.
Earning both their Education Ring
and Application Ring:
Measurement
Innovation
▌ Calvert Hospice, Inc.
▌ Heart's Way Hospice
▌ Hospice of the Chesapeake
▌ Hospice of West Tennessee
▌ UnityPoint at Home
▌ VITAS Healthcare Corporation
(Miami, FL)
▌ VNA Hospice and Palliative Care
of Southern California
THANK YOU
NHPCO thanks the
Quality Connections
Gold Level Sponsors:
Curitec and Optum
Hospice Pharmacy
Services, and Silver Level
Sponsor ADVault, Inc.
for their support to
advance continuous
quality improvement.
Earning their Education Ring:
▌ Avow Hospice
▌ BSA Hospice of the Southwest
▌ Care Synergy
▌ CentraCare Health Home Care
& Hospice
▌ Community Hospice Care
▌ Freedom Hospice
▌ Good Shepherd Hospice
▌ HealthPartners Hospice &
Palliative Care
▌ Hospice & Palliative Care
Buffalo, Inc.
▌ Hospice of Huntington
▌ Hospice of Jackson County, Inc.
▌ Hospice of Limestone County
▌ Hospice of the Panhandle
▌ Inspire Hospice, LLC
▌ Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice
▌ Lakeside Hospice, Inc.
▌ Partners in Home Care-Hospice
▌ Sangre De Cristo Community
Care
▌ Seasons Hospice
▌ Tidewell Hospice, Inc.
▌ Topkare Hospice, Inc.
▌ Trellis Supportive Care
▌ UVMHN Home Health & Hospice
▌ Village Hospice
▌ Visiting Nurse Association of NWI
▌ VITAS Healthcare (Tinley Park, IL)
Each Ring has specific activities incorporating practical resources to
progressively track and improve both clinical and organizational quality.
Activities such as quarterly data reporting and benchmarking, NHPCO's
E-Online courses, peer case studies, and engagement will be part of an
organization's quality journey. Additionally, participants will find
activities that are focused on promoting diversity, access and inclusion
within their organizations and with the communities they serve.
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of NHPCO NewsLine Summer 2021

LAC 2021 Thank You (display ad)
Table of Contents
Virtual Conference 2021 (display ad)
Edo's Message
Measures of Excellence (feature article)
Quality Connections (display ad 1/2 page)
Career Center (display ad 1/2 page)
Business Case for Next Generation
Succession Planning Guide
Re-introducing Volunteers
Signature Programs (display ad)
New Consumer Research
State Hospice Profiles (display ad)
Virtual FUNdraiser thank you (display ad)
Global Partners in Care
Care Vention (display ad)
Providers Earning QC Rings
Project ECHO
NHPCO Survey Medical Group Practice
Innovation Consortium
Palliative Care Certificate Program
Medicare Sequestration Relief
MyHospice Ambassadors
Virtual Conference 2021
FY 2022 Proposed Rule
COVID Grief Support Project
Circle of Life Award
Ooma (display ad)
Diamond Level Strategic Partners
We Honor Veterans Survey
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NHPCO NewsLine Summer 2021 - Intro
NHPCO NewsLine Summer 2021 - 1
NHPCO NewsLine Summer 2021 - LAC 2021 Thank You (display ad)
NHPCO NewsLine Summer 2021 - Table of Contents
NHPCO NewsLine Summer 2021 - Virtual Conference 2021 (display ad)
NHPCO NewsLine Summer 2021 - Edo's Message
NHPCO NewsLine Summer 2021 - Measures of Excellence (feature article)
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NHPCO NewsLine Summer 2021 - Career Center (display ad 1/2 page)
NHPCO NewsLine Summer 2021 - Business Case for Next Generation
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NHPCO NewsLine Summer 2021 - Succession Planning Guide
NHPCO NewsLine Summer 2021 - Re-introducing Volunteers
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NHPCO NewsLine Summer 2021 - State Hospice Profiles (display ad)
NHPCO NewsLine Summer 2021 - Virtual FUNdraiser thank you (display ad)
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NHPCO NewsLine Summer 2021 - Care Vention (display ad)
NHPCO NewsLine Summer 2021 - Providers Earning QC Rings
NHPCO NewsLine Summer 2021 - Project ECHO
NHPCO NewsLine Summer 2021 - NHPCO Survey Medical Group Practice
NHPCO NewsLine Summer 2021 - Innovation Consortium
NHPCO NewsLine Summer 2021 - Palliative Care Certificate Program
NHPCO NewsLine Summer 2021 - Medicare Sequestration Relief
NHPCO NewsLine Summer 2021 - MyHospice Ambassadors
NHPCO NewsLine Summer 2021 - FY 2022 Proposed Rule
NHPCO NewsLine Summer 2021 - COVID Grief Support Project
NHPCO NewsLine Summer 2021 - Ooma (display ad)
NHPCO NewsLine Summer 2021 - Diamond Level Strategic Partners
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