Ensuring compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and professional standards of practice, implementing systems and processes that prevent fraud and abuse.

General Information

Articles of Interest

• NHPCO’s Quality Partners Initiative: The Motivation and Rationale Behind Its Development.  Newsline, August 2006. (PDF)
• What Do We Mean By Quality?  Newsline, July 2006. (PDF)
• Read Larry Beresford’s article on Compliance with Laws and Regulations in his monthly Newsline column focusing on Quality Partners - coming soon!

Helpful Organizations

• American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Resources to Meet Requirements of NHPCO’s Quality Partners Program
  • AAHPM Hospice Medical Director Course

Hospice Operations Support

• Visit the Regulatory section of the web site to stay current with the issues through alert messages and to access a comprehensive listing of resources and web links that will help improve performance in your programs.
• Operational Guidance: Hospice and Assisted Living   (2006)
  • Increasingly hospice providers are providing hospice care within assisted living. This toolkit was developed to provide hospice providers with information that may assist them in developing successful collaborative arrangements.   Included are guidelines on: State licensing regulations; Assisted living residences; Assessment of the resident; and A sample Assisted Living Assessment form.

Help Desk

If after reviewing the online resources you need additional assistance, contact quality@nhpco.org or the Quality Team at 703/837-1500.