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This Week's News & Information
- NPHI Updates
- Members in the News
- NPHI Upcoming Calls and Webinars
- 2024 Annual Summit
- Innovation Lab Information & Updates
- Center for Education
- "Did You Know?" - Benefits of NPHI membership
- Vendor Information & Webinars
- Member/Partner Events & Conferences
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We are thrilled to share that Ethan McChesney, NPHI’s Policy Director, was selected as one of Aging Media's 2023 Future Leaders for his work in Hospice and Palliative Care.
Ethan’s contributions to policy, debate, advocacy, and stakeholder education on Capitol Hill are enormous. He has worked hard to socialize proposals to reform the Medicare hospice benefit, to convene industry leaders, aggregate disparate viewpoints, and drive toward consensus on proposals to modernize the Medicare hospice benefit. Nobody is more deserving of this award.
Congratulations, Ethan, and thank you for all the hard work you perform on behalf of our members!!!
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Blueprint: People over Profits: A Values- Based Movement for Declining Health
Our Blueprint is finally out! "People Over Profits: A Values-Based Movement for Declining Health" is now available to all our members and the public on the NPHI WEBSITE. If you haven’t already received it, a copy will arrive at your organization in the next few days. Please dive into the report and digest the research, read the real-life experiences of caregivers, and share the report with your communities and local representatives. We are the original architects of quality, patient-centered, home-based care and our collective message is important as we witness the entry of new “profiteering” providers.
Please complete THIS SURVEY to let us know how you're using the blueprint and accompanying member materials, and also to help us determine any gaps.
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Download your FREE copy now!
6.8.23 Member Engagement Call Recording, passcode: ^Jd.vR.5
7.6.23 Member Engagement Call Recording, passcode: *04wA%bM
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If you have a story you would like us to share in our weekly Member Update, please email Stephanie and Matt (please include link to online version of the story)
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NPHI Schedule of Upcoming Calls and Webinars
All 2023 meeting dates can be found on the Member Portal Calendar.
- Netsmart MyUnity User Group - July 24th, 1 - 2 pm ET
- Sales & Marketing Forum - July 26th, 1 - 2 pm ET
- Education Workshop: Preceptor Program Workshop - July 26th, 3 - 5 pm ET
- Webinar: The Predictive Index Talent Optimization System - July 27th, 3 - 4 pm ET
- IT Forum - August 1st, 2 - 3 pm ET
- Member Engagement Call: Dementia Care Resources Patient & Caregiver Guide Roll-Out - August 3rd, 3 - 4 pm ET
- QI, Regulatory, & Compliance Forum - August 9th, 11 am - 12 pm ET
- HR Forum - August 9th, 2 - 3 pm ET
- Webinar: Tech Soup - IT Software and Solutions for Non Profits - August 10th, 3 - 4 pm ET
- Medline User Group - August 14th, 1 - 2 pm ET
- CCO/COO Forum - August 17th, 11 am - 12 pm ET
- Social Services Forum - August 17th, 12 - 1 pm ET
- CEO Only Engagement Call: Hospice ADC 800+ - August 17th, 3 - 4 pm ET
Recordings & Summaries of Member Engagement Series.
Recordings & Information of Preferred Vendor Webinars.
Please note, Zoom recordings are available via the above link(s) for 6 months from the session date. Please download the file to your system if you would like to keep a copy
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We are thrilled to announce that our 2024 Annual Summit will take place at the beautiful Westin Kansas City at Crown Center in Kansas City, Missouri from May 7-9th, 2024!
In response to member feedback, we have restructured the agenda to include nearly two full days of meetings and are excited to announce a Summit Celebration to close out our time together. The current NPHI Summit Overview can be found here.
We are also excited to announce the addition of an event app that will allow for Summit attendees to communicate with each other, provide content and location, and send reminders along with other features. Please be sure to download the app when prompted.
Registration is now open!
Registration fees:
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July 1st - August 31st - Summer Special = $800
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September 1st - December 8th - Early Bird = $850
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After December 8th - Regular Registration = $950
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For all rates, register 5+ from same program at the same time for a 10% discount
- Summit can be attended in-person or virtually
- Registration includes all Summit materials
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Innovation Lab Information & Updates
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Health Equity Resource Guide
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Advanced Lung Care Program
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Veteran Resources Guide
- Veterans Resources Guide
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Veterans Guide Resources
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State resources can be found here. The resources tab has the appropriate contact person for each state. Contact that individual for your state-specific information.
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Please note: the only information that may be changed is state specific information, i.e. resources, and must receive the approval of your state's Veteran's Administration. If you have any questions, please contact Stephanie Rogers or Steve Cone.
- Launched May 2022
- Version 2.0 to be released November 2023
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Community Counseling Guide
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Community Counseling Services Guide - best practices for establishing, supporting, and maintaining a community grief, loss, and bereavement counseling program by leveraging existing program capacity to provide services to a non-hospice population.
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Community Counseling Services Resources Discussion Thread
- Launched April 2022
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Advanced Cardiac Care™ Program
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Additionally, we are asking you for help - do you have someone in your organization who could translate any of our Patient Guides into Spanish? If so, please contact Stephanie Rogers.
If you have a story/anecdote you would like us to share about how any of our Innovation Lab initiatives have helped a patient, family member, or staff member, please email Stephanie or Matt. Additionally, someone from our communications team may reach out to you to provide a quote and/or get more details on a "success story".
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NPHI Center for Education
The Center for Education serves as a resource in developing the skills, knowledge, and strategies that are critical to maintaining and improving, as an organization and as a competitor in the healthcare market.
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Files and course recordings are housed on NPHI’s Member Portal in the Center for Education. Content is added as it becomes available.
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Registration using work email address required
- Attendance for NPHI Member Programs and their staff only (please do not share outside of your organization)
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Training Tuesdays
The following courses are offered at no-cost to staff of NPHI Member programs and may not be shared outside of NPHI.
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All offer CEUs, unless otherwise state in the description. Please see course for specifics.
- Please do share with colleagues at your program.
- Please register with work email.
Respiratory Therapy and Pediatrics.
- Course description to come
- Presented by Annie Newman, Directory of Respiratory Therapy
- 1 CEU available for eligible RNs and SWs
- Tuesday 9/19, 3:00-4:00pm EST
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Registration required using your work email
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Information also available on the Member Portal
- Thank you to StateServ for providing this educational opportunity to NPHI Members and their staff.
More than Thank You for Your Service
- In honor of Veteran’s Day, this session will focus on caring for and understanding the needs of our Veterans
- Presented by Deborah Grassman
- May provide CEUs, details to come
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Tuesday 11/14, 3:00-4:00pm EST
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Registration required using your work email
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Information also available on the Member Portal
- Thank you to StateServ for providing this educational opportunity to NPHI Members and their staff.
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Workshop Wednesdays
Wednesday, July 26th, 3:00-5:00pm ET - Preceptor
If your program is revising, developing, or interested in learning more about the elements of a strong preceptor program, join the upcoming workshop. Strong preceptor programs ensure the clinicians teaching your new employees, students, and transitioning employees are prepared, consistent, and effective. Beyond clinical importance, employee retention and engagement are significantly impacted by the strength of your preceptors.
This will be a hands-on workshop. You will hear from member programs regarding their preceptor programs and have an opportunity to ask questions and discuss as a group, best practices, lessons learned, roles, and more. More details to come.
Future Workshops:
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Wednesday, September 20, 2023, 3:00-5:00pm ET - Simulation
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Wednesday, November 15, 2023, 3:00-5:00pm ET - Hospice Nurse Residency
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Details and registration information to come. Workshops offered at no-cost!
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Additionally, we would like to hear from programs who have the ability to provide CEUs for different disciplines. Our goal is to leverage the expertise of member SMEs highlight and share topics that are relevant to everyone.
Please see the Member Portal calendar for 2023 education events and opportunities. Additional details and dates to be added as available.
If you have questions about NPHI's Center for Education, please contact Sarah Sharp.
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Did you know...
Adding the NPHI 800# to your website helps all of our members as well as patients & families?
- The 800 number does NOT replace your own organization's number
- The 800 number serves as a tool for patients & families to find service outside of your area
- NPHI 800# is 844-GET-NPHI or 844-438-6744
You can post job openings on the NPHI website?
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You may post a specific position, such as "Medical Director", or you may post a link to the career section of your own website, on our career page
- Positions will be posted for 90 days unless you request an extension
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To post a job/link on our website, please send details to Stephanie
You can post a topic on the Member Portal discussion page and interact with your peers at other programs?
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Select your appropriate forum/workgroup from the Forums/Workgroups tab on the left hand side
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Select Discussions from the top toolbar
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Click on the green +Create Topic in upper right hand corner
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Post your question/topic and click green Post Topic
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Make sure you opt-in to Discussions and your notifications are turned on so that you can see responses
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Vendor Information & Webinars
The Preferred Vendor Program and GPO support NPHI's mission and member programs by offering streamlined and cost-effective access to products and solutions. Please see NPHI Vendor Programs for products and services available to you.
- Registration is not required
- For NPHI member programs and their staff only
- Feel free to share with others on your team
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The Predictive Index Talent Optimization System
Join us to learn more about PI and the special offerings for NPHI members.
- Registration is not required.
- Please share webinar information with team members that are interested in learning more.
THE PREDICTIVE INDEX TALENT OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM. What is talent optimization? As a business leader, you’re looking to drive results. You start each year with a strategy - what you’re going to accomplish and how you’re going to accomplish it. Yet 52% of the CEOs we surveyed for our annual benchmarking report said they didn’t achieve their business results last year. Why is that? Regardless of what kind of organization you’re in, your results are driven by people. And if your people aren’t aligned with your strategy...well, let’s just say this is where that 52% comes in.
It’s your job as a business leader to make sure your company optimizes its talent so you can achieve your objectives. The best way to do this is talent optimization. Predictive Index Talent optimization uses data and analytics to help you define job requirements, identify ideal candidates for open positions, align teams to accomplish business goals, and effectively inspire employees for optimal results.
July 27th, 3:00 - 4:00 pm ET
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Tech Soup - IT Software and Solutions for Non-Profits
As a nonprofit like NPHI and its members, TechSoup knows that saving money on technology is important so you can put those savings back into your mission! Join a live webinar to learn how the TechSoup donation program works, and how your nonprofit can begin taking advantage of discounted offers from top technology provides such as Microsoft, Intuit, Adobe, Dell, and many more.
Learn about TechSoup's special offerings for nonprofits such as tech services, learning resources, courses, and community offerings designed to help you optimize technology for your organization. We will also cover cloud computing and getting started with Office 365 & Google for Nonprofits! From hardware to software, and services in between we will provide a tour of available tools to help your nonprofit with productivity, collaboration, financial management, donor tracking, security, and more!
Thursday, August 10th, 2023, 3:00-4:00pm EST
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National Enrollment Services (NES)
Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), different than Employee Retention Credit (ERC)
National Enrollment Services (NES) offers a valuable program that provides you the opportunity to help your lower-paid employees recover monies from the Federal Government through the IRS Earned Income Credit laws – at no cost to your program or employees. Turnover is costly. You and your teams continually explore new ways to recruit and retain your valued employees. This is something you may want to offer employees.
NES has also designed an affordable voluntary benefits package for hospice employees and their family members who normally cannot afford insurance. This program is proven to reduce your Worker’s Comp costs. These offerings do not require a change in your benefits broker, nor is there a charge to your program..
NES services over 1,400 healthcare facilities, home-care companies, and hospice and palliative care programs across the U.S. Additionally, NES partners with several state and national homecare, hospice, and palliative care associations.
NES handles EITC, not ERC. Please review the following for clarification.
Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is a program for individual taxpayers. EITC has been available since the mid 1970’s. Any monies that may be due are returned directly to the individual, not the employer.
Employee Retention Credit (ERC): is specific to challenges that impacted businesses during COVID. As many of you are aware,; there have been significant issues with scams related to ERC. Please use caution when speaking with companies promising help.
- Speak to your accountant. Additionally, NPHI Board Member, Patti Moore, is working with a company on ERC. ERC Specialists has been thoroughly vetted by the IRS and follows the guidelines to the letter of the law. They’ve even added a separate review process before submission to ensure compliance. They have worked with some of NPHI’s member programs to review eligibility and submit paperwork for eligible programs.
Thursday, August 24th, 3:00 – 4:00 pm EST
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2023 Master Class Series with Hospice Governance Academy
The NPHI Governance Master Class Series is designed for NPHI CEOs and Board Chairs to discuss relevant governance topics with an eye toward ensuring high-performing boards. Four sessions will cover topics prioritized by NPHI representatives. Each session will last 45 minutes, with the bulk of the time focused on participant discussion facilitated by Bill Musick, President of Integriti3D. In advance of each session, participants are asked to view a course from Hospice Governance Academy®, designed to prime your thinking about the topic.
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For Further Information…
Questions about the series can/or Hospice Governance Academy be directed to Bill Musick, Integriti3D, 925.448.8224.
Hospice Governance Academy was a 2023 Summit Sponsor and is a NPHI Preferred Vendor.
* A waitlist will be maintained, and a second session may be offered if there is sufficient demand.
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2023 Education Series with Freed Maxick
As the United States exits the COVID 19 public health emergency, many not-for-profit hospice organizations find themselves in unfamiliar territory with declining markets, increase costs related to labor and supplies, increased regulatory audits, decreased government funding, and increasing competition from for-profit hospice providers and other healthcare providers.
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The following topics will be assigned to the upcoming dates below: Revenue Cycle Management, Physician Practice, Bi-Solution Tools to Transform Your Organization
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October 12th
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November 30th
Information available on NPHI Member Portal calendar.
Please contact Sarah Sharp with questions.
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If you have questions about vendor and informational webinars, or NPHI's GPO, or white papers, please contact Sarah Sharp.
Please note, the Preferred Vendor Program does not offer exclusivity. Multiple vendors from the same space may participate in the Preferred Vendor Program with the common goal of mutual, professional respect in support of NPHI member organizations and the patients they serve. The Preferred Vendor Program is not an endorsement by NPHI of Preferred Vendor’s products or services.
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Member Events and Conferences | |
Join me for a heartfelt conversation with Carla Davis, a senior vice president at LHC Group, as we delve into the transformative impact of hospice and palliative care. Carla's personal journey to hospice care will inspire you as we explore the recent acquisition of LHC by Optum Health Services and its implications for the aging population in the U.S. READ MORE | |
Curious about the powerful influence of the media on our perception of hospice care? Tune in as our special guest, Mark Cohen, joins Chris Comeaux as they delve into the most impactful stories of the month. READ MORE | |
As a benefit of membership, NPHI members are invited to attend the Optum Hospice Annual Conference on September 22nd. This free one-day virtual conference will provide valuable education to all hospice clinicians. Keynote speakers will open and close the conference along with additional hospice-focused sessions covering adult medication management, pediatrics, and wound care. Follow the registration link below for more information including a detailed agenda. | |
When registering, please use the group code: NPHI. Feel free to email Kim Konczal directly with any questions. | |
Join the Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC) and the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) for a dynamic convening of leaders working to improve the health care experiences of families facing serious illness. READ MORE | | | | |
