by aht | Aug 8, 2020 | Hospice Administration
Nursing turnover is one of the greatest challenges in the hospice industry today. To bridge the gap, hospice providers look to telephone triage companies to take calls when the office is closed: weeknights, weekends and holidays. A telephone triage service may be the...
by aht | Jul 28, 2020 | Hospice Administration
Winston Churchill had a great quote about change that hospice administrators should take to heart: “To improve is to change, so to be perfect is to have changed often.” —Winston Churchill The hospice and palliative care industry must be well on its way to perfection...
by aht | Jul 5, 2020 | Hospice Administration
The Joint Commission recently moderated a panel discussion on emergency preparation for home health leaders. The panel represented several segments of the industry: home health, hospice, DME, pharmacy, and non-medical providers including national, regional and local...
by aht | Jun 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
Recently, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) Director of Regulatory and Compliance, Jennifer Kennedy, issued a clarification on the use of after-hours on-call services. The Director reminded NHPCO members that under the federal hospice...
by aht | Jun 11, 2020 | Hospice Nursing
The latest statistics from the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), Medicare, and a study of team attitudes and relationships in hospice care (the STAR study) pinpoint the Keys to Caring for hospice nurses today.
