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NHPCO Member Alerts FISS Billing Glitches for Occurrence Code 55 and Referring Physician (10/23/12)  Hospice Claims Processing Issue Update (10/12/12) Claims Processing Issues Identified for Hospice Providers (10/05/12) CGS Continues Widespread Edits for Hospice with ADR Requests (10/03/12) CGS Government Administrators Probe Edit (09/27/10) FY2013 Wage Index Notice and Tables (07/25/12) FY2013 Hospice Payment Rates (07/24/12) Other Breaking News Supreme Court Decision on Health Care Reform (06/28/12) CMS Innovation Awards Feature Hospice, Palliative and Care Continuum Initiatives (06/21/12) NHPCO to Host Online Conference on Hospice Volunteerism (05/16/12) Hospice and Palliative Care Association of New York State Receives National Recognition for Outstanding Accomplishments (04/17/12) Thirty Years Since Medicare Hospice Legislation Recognized Value of Hospice Volunteers (04/16/12) Five Days until National Healthcare Decisions Day (04/12/12) LIVE—Without Pain Campaign Helps People Advocate for Relief (03/22/12) Hospice in the Continuum of Care: Meeting the Needs of Patients (03/06/12)

Download NHPCO’s 2012 Education Calendar

 Hospice Advocacy

• Be a Hospice Advocate:  Visit the Legislative Action Center - an online tool making advocacy easy!

Regulatory

• FISS Billing Glitches for Occurrence Code 55 and Referring Physician (10/23/12) 
• Hospice Claims Processing Issue Update (10/12/12)
• Claims Processing Issues Identified for Hospice Providers (10/05/12)
• CGS Continues Widespread Edits for Hospice with ADR Requests (10/03/12)
• CGS Government Administrators Probe Edit (09/27/10)
• FY2013 Wage Index Notice and Tables (07/25/12)
• FY2013 Hospice Payment Rates (07/24/12)
• Supreme Court Decision on Health Care Reform (06/28/12)
• Updates to Caps and Limitations on Hospice Payments (06/06/12)
• Concerns about Palmetto GBA and the ADR Process (05/17/12)
• Visit the new Regulatory & Compliance Center online!
• CMS Issues Transmittal Announcing New Hospice Condition Code for Out of Service Area Discharges and Limited Use of Occurrence Code 42 (02/08/12)

 Conferences & Education 

• Download the 2012 Education Catalog.
• Hospice-MDP  - general information.

Caring Connections

• LIVE—Without Pain Campaign Helps People Advocate for Relief (03/22/12)

Research

• NHPCO's Facts & Figures on Hospice.

Communications

• Hospice and Palliative Care Association of New York State Receives National Recognition for Outstanding Accomplishments (04/17/12)
• Actor and Hospice Advocate Torrey DeVitto Designs T-shirt to Raise Awareness of Hospice (02/28/12)
• Hospice Community Mourns the Loss of Mary Labyak (02/04/12)

Publications

• NewsBriefs - read issues online.
• NewsLine - now in digital format!
• February 2011 ChiPPS Newsletter - Ethical issues in pediatric palliative and hospice care.

 Membership

• Online Provider Renewal Form - 2012

Marketplace

• Visit online at nhpco.org/Marketplace
• Caring Connections Resources
• Order Form - Click Here (PDF)

Awards & Contests

• Click here to visit the Awards & Contest Page.

InfoCenter

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