Hospice Management Advisor articles from December 2006

Hospice Management Advisor archives from December 2006

Surgeons' workgroup promotes cutting-edge palliative care for discipline.
December 1, 2006... Surgeons' workgroup promotes cutting-edge palliative care for discipline Much progress has been made in last decade The public and many surgeons may see palliative care as quite separate from the surgical suite, down the hall or a few...

Lower ICU use and inpatient costs due to palliative care.(Intensive Care Unit)
December 1, 2006... Lower ICU use and inpatient costs due to palliative care Palliative care was compared to usual care An increasing body of studies are demonstrating the financial benefits, as well as quality improvement benefits of including palliative...

Hospices could "sharethecare" in outreach programs.
December 1, 2006... Hospices could "sharethecare" in outreach programs Idea is to build caregiver networks One description of the national sharethecaregiving program is that it is like returning to the beginning of the 20th century, when people formed...

New requirements for fraud, abuse compliance.
December 1, 2006... New requirements for fraud, abuse compliance Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq., Burtonsville, MD The Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) was signed into law by President Bush on Feb. 8, 2006. The DRA contains new requirements intended to reduce...

Financial challenges requires an attack on different fronts.(home health agencies)
December 1, 2006... Financial challenges requires an attack on different fronts Retention, information systems, productivity all related (Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part series that will look at the financial challenges to home health...

Initiatives aim to enhance patient communications.
December 1, 2006... Initiatives aim to enhance patient communications AMA, NIH announce programs A report offering guidelines to help health care organizations ensure effective, patient-centered communications with patients of diverse backgrounds has been...

Speaking their language: Crossing cultural barriers.
December 1, 2006... Speaking their language: Crossing cultural barriers Be familiar with practices of populations you serve Navigating the health care system often is bewildering for people who were born in the United States and speak English; it may be...

Learn cultural practices of the population you serve.
December 1, 2006... Learn cultural practices of the population you serve Language barriers, beliefs can be barriers to care When Jane Cavanaugh, RN, CCM, CPHQ, nurse case manager for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, began managing the care of a...