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General Information

Articles of Interest

• NHPCO’s Quality Partners Initiative: The Motivation and Rationale Behind Its Development. Newsline, August 2006. 
• What Do We Mean By Quality? Newsline, July 2006. 

Helpful Organizations

• End-of-Life/ Palliative Education Resource Center (EPERC)
• American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Resources to Meet Requirements of NHPCO’s Quality Partners Program
  • AAHPM/AAHPM Annual Assembly
  • AAHPM Hospice Medical Director Model
  • Certification
  • AAHPM Events Calendar

Continuing Education

• Conferences and Education
  • The best way to keep yourself informed of all the changes occurring within hospice and palliative care is to participate in an NHPCO educational program.  Our goal is to ensure that all educational participants are better informed and have a renewed sense of commitment to delivering quality end-of-life care to their patients and families.

Hospice Operations Support

Medical Director/ Attending Physician

• Physician Board Certification Fact Sheet
• Physician Reimbursement – Hospice
  • Chart illustrating how physician reimbursement occurs, depending on the relationship of the physician to the hospice program.
• Providing Direct, Billable Physician Services to Hospice Patients: An Opportunity to Upgrade the Medical Component of Hospice Care (PDF)
• 2005 Physician Fee Schedule: Section 512 Hospice Consultation
  • NHPCO’s Comments on the 2005 Physician Fee Schedule (09/24/05) 
• Physician Care Plan Oversight (1995)
• American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (ABHPM)
  • Physician Board Certification in Hospice and Palliative Medicine - information provided by ABHPM
• American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM)
• Recommended Curriculum Guidelines for Family Practice Residents: End-of-Life Care; American Academy of Family Physicians
• American Medical Directors Association (AMDA)

Nursing

• Billing for Nurse Practitioner Services
• National Board for Certification of Hospice and Palliative Nurses (NBCHPN)
• End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC)
• Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association

Help Desk

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