National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) 27th Management and Leadership ConferenceHoward J. Young
titled "Value of Hospice Benefit to Medicaid Programs," released in June 2003. Annual savings given by hospice care to Medicaid; Analysis made by Milliman about the importance of provisions to provide hospice care to Medicaid beneficiaries; Remarks given by NHCPO CEO J. Donald Schumacher ...
Mary was chair of the National Hospice Foundation, served on the NHPCO board of directors (was a past chair of NHO), was co-chair of the Capital Campaign for the National Center for Care at the End of Life, and an active NHPCO member at the time of her death. She was the recipient...
In April 2003, a group of 35 leading researchers in hospice and palliative care participated in a research conclave to promote collaboration in our emerging field through a review of the current research priorities. The conclave was organized to pursue the following objectives: 1) to improve commun...
Welcome to the official app for NHPCO’s Annual Leadership Conference (ALC)! This app is your essential tool for navigating the premier event in hospice and pall…
NHPCO Webinar - Hospice Audits: Surviving and ThrivingHoward J. YoungJohn A. Cosgriff
This task force statement begins by discussing the importance of hospices' potential contributions to research. Next, we describe ways in which characteristics of hospice patients, and hospices' structure, create ethical challenges that may limit these contributions. We conclude by proposing ways in ...
This article reports on the move of the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) to issue a "call to action" on palliative care in the U.S. The organization has also issued a position stateme...
Kirk TW, Mahon MM: National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) position statement and commen- tary on the use of palliative sedation in imminently dying terminally ill patients. J Pain Symptom Manage 2010;39: 914-923.Kirk TW,Mahon MM.National Hospice and Palliative Care ...
Little attention has been paid to documenting the quality and impact of hospice bereavement programs. While quality of life, quality of dying, and quality of end-of-life measures are common indicators of effective clinical service, they are not adequate gauges of quality from a bereavement ...