Hospice Management Advisor articles from May 2004

Hospice Management Advisor archives from May 2004

Next new hospice product could be palliative care consulting: provision of medical advice can help reach nontraditional patients.
May 1, 2004... Palliative care consulting is much the same as other types of consultations in health care. In general, consultation is a type of service in which one provider seeks the opinion or advice of another provider regarding evaluation or management...

Storytelling rewards both sides of conversation: teller and listener reap its benefits.(Hospice Trends)
May 1, 2004... The older I get, the more sentimental I become. I look at my own children and wonder if they will value my life-defining stories, or whether they'll simply suffer through them, as I have done with some of my parents' own stories. One of my...

One in five terminally ill Americans dies in an ICU: ICUs not prepared for end-of-life issues.(intensive care units)
May 1, 2004... Although most Americans say they would prefer a low-tech approach to death, the opposite is happening, with more than 20% of terminally ill patients dying in intensive care, according to an article in the March issue of Critical Care Medicine,...

Expand your agency by forming partnerships: relationships expand referral base and services.
May 1, 2004... (Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part series that looks at innovative approaches to patient care and expansion of services by home health agencies. This month's article describes partnerships that are designed both to increase...

'Cash & Counseling' leads to more home care: program participants direct own services.
May 1, 2004... An evaluation of Arkansas' Medicaid Cash & Counseling program, in which enrollees direct their own personal care services, indicates that people in the program are much more likely to receive such services than are those who were eligible for...

HIPAA Q&A.(Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)
May 1, 2004... [Editor's note: This column addresses specific questions related to Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) implementation. If you have HIPAA-related questions, please send them to Sheryl Jackson, Thomson American Health...

CMS tightens rules for processing claims.(Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services )(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published an educational article explaining the changes to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) claims processing requirements that will take effect on July 6,...

Upcoming hospice educational events.(News From the End of Life)(Brief Article)(Calendar)
May 1, 2004... * The First National Conference on Pediatric Palliative and Hospice Care will be held Nov. 12-14 at the Hyatt Regency Dearborn, Dearborn, MI. This conference will comprise approximately two and a half days of plenary and concurrent sessions. It...