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INTERESTING NEW WEBSITE
A website for the end-of-life care documentary film being produced by Rainbow Hospice Care's Mike Berhagen and his friend, Terry Kaldhusdal (Wisconsin's 2007 Teacher of the Year), is now operational. Please take some time to visit www.OneStepCloserFilm.org. While there you can learn about Mike and Terry's personal calling to the project, view a trailer for the film, meet some of the very special people they've been privileged to interview, and consider making a tax-deductible donation. Their goal is to receive donations from all 50 states in the union. Both individual and corporate donations are welcome.
FRIDAY JEANS DAY
Start a Friday Jeans Day at your hospice as a conversation starter to tell others about your support of the Breede River Hospice. Attached is a sheet of labels that can be printed off that each person participating can wear that day. Also attached is a poster explaining your support of the Breede River Hospice.
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NEW CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT
In the Federal Register published August 6, 2009 CMS issued its final rule adopting a MedPAC recommendation regarding a process for certification and recertification of terminal illness. This was included in the Hospice Wage Index for 2010. Please see page 9 of the August newsletter to read the new certification rule.
You will need to do some education of your usual referring physicians about this change as well as your Medical Director, and to educate new referring physicians as you begin your relationship with them. The narrative must be composed by the physician performing the certification or recertification and not by other hospice personnel. In the case of the initial certification, either the attending physician or the hospice medical director is required to compose and sign the clinical narrative.
This rule went into effect October 1, 2009.
Copies of the templates are attached.
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COALITIONS
Attached is a listing of the coalitions from our recent survey. |
NEW SOURCES
HOPE has been included in Care.com's new Senior Care Directory. Care.com is the premiere source of trustworthy care options for every family member: children, elderly parents, and even pets. The new Senior Care Directory provides a comprehensive listing of resources by state in seven categories: housing resources, transportation resources, home care, end-of-life care, legal resources, and financial planning and management. https://www.care.com/senior-care-directory-p1071-find.html
HPNA, the largest association of its kind, represents over 9,200 members nationally and internationally. The association furthers the growth and professional development of its membership through research, education, special interest groups, chapters and the association's bi-monthly journal JHPN-Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing They can be reached at www.hpna.org or Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association, One Penn Center West, Suite 229, Pittsburgh, PA 15276-0100, phone 412.787.9301, fax 412.787.9305. |
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