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continued from previous page Volunteer/Volunteer Management Section Monthly Chats Each month, the NCHPP Volunteer/ Volunteer Management Section holds “chats”—or conference calls—which are open to all NCHPP members. These chats are one of the easiest ways to communicate as a diverse group of professionals who are working in all corners of the country. Upcoming Chats: All chats are held on the fourth Wednesday of each month (except in November), from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. (ET). April 27: Regulations: Ensuring Compliance for Your Hospice Volunteer Program May 25: Utilizing Electronic Media to Train Hospice Volunteers June 22: Open Forum for New Hospice Volunteer Managers July 27: Utilizing Professionals as Hospice Volunteers August 24: Care Planning for Hospice Volunteer Interventions and Compliance with Volunteer Documentation September 28: Open Forum for New Hospice Volunteer Managers October 26: Hospice Veteran Programs November 30: Utilizing Social Networking—and 2012 Section Chat Ideas December 28: Open Forum for New Hospice Volunteer Managers Joining the Chats: In order to join a chat, you must first be enrolled as an NCHPP member (which is free to all staff and volunteers of NHPCO provider-members). If you are not yet enrolled in NCHPP, visit the NHPCO website (www.nhpco. org/nchpp) to complete the brief application, or call the NHPCO Member Services Department at 800-646-6460. Then, to join a chat, simply call 605-475-4825, and enter the Participant Access Code when prompted: 699517#. However , please do NOT dial in earlier than 2:55 p.m. (ET) on the day of the call. Another Way to Get Involved: By joining NHPCO’s professional networking site, My.NHPCO (which is also free to all members), you can join the Volunteer/Volunteer Management Section eGroup that allows you to connect more easily with your peers, exchange ideas, and share resources. Visit the “Getting Started” section of the My.NHPCO website to learn more. Volunteer/Volunteer Management Steering Committee* Section Leader Sandra Huster Director, Volunteer Services Covenant Hospice, Inc Pensacola, FL sandra.huster@ covenanthospice.org Thais Armstrong Volunteer Coordinator and Complementary Therapy Coordinator Hospice of the Northwest Mt. Vernon, WA Lisa Scotese Gallagher Director of Volunteer Services Home Health and Hospice Manager Hospice of the Western Reserve, Inc Cleveland, OH Paula Haydon Volunteer HPH Hospice Spring Hill, FL Jennifer Lynn Jackson Manager, Volunteer and Bereavement Services Evercare Hospice & Palliative Care Reston, VA Leanne Porterfield Director, Volunteer Services Hospice of Lancaster County Lancaster, PA Kathy Roble Director, Volunteer Services Suncoast Hospice Clearwater, FL Irene Southwick Volunteer Suncoast Hospice Clearwater, FL Sarah Varick Manager, Volunteer Services HospiceCare of Boulder and Broomfield Counties Lafayette, CO Bobbi Wexler Volunteer Program Manager Home & Hospice Care of Rhode Island Providence, RI *as of March 1, 2011 28 NewsLine http://www.nhpco.org/nchpp http://www.nhpco.org/nchpp http://my.nhpco.org/NHPCO/NHPCO/GettingStarted/Default.aspx

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of NewsLine - April 2011

NewsLine - April 2011
Hospice Profit Margins in the Next Decade
A Message From Don
Protecting Hospice Rates Timeline
Sharp’s ACP Program
Experience the ACHC Difference (display ad)
Delaware Hospice’s Transitions Program
Recruiting Problems? HMR (display ad)
Hospice Executive Scholarship Program (display ad)
Voice of NCHPP: Volunteer/Volunteer Management Section
Volunteer Section Monthly Chats
Hospice Volunteer Program Resource Manual (display ad)
New National STAR Report – with Staff Compensation Data
Young Volunteers Learn About Hospice
One Bike, One Cause – One Uplifting Journey
Nurse’s Week Gift Ideas from Marketplace (display ad)
Members in the News
Upcoming Educational Offerings
Cover 2
NHF Quarterly

NewsLine - April 2011