Hospice Management Advisor Archives – December 1, 2006
December 1, 2006
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Surgeons' workgroup promotes cutting-edge palliative care for discipline
The public and many surgeons may see palliative care as quite separate from the surgical suite, down the hall or a few floors up. -
Lower ICU use and inpatient costs due to palliative care
An increasing body of studies are demonstrating the financial benefits, as well as quality improvement benefits of including palliative care in a hospital system. -
Hospices could "sharethecare" in outreach programs
One description of the national sharethecaregiving program is that it is like returning to the beginning of the 20th century, when people formed connections and helped one another, particularly when sick. -
New requirements for fraud, abuse compliance
The Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) was signed into law by President Bush on Feb. 8, 2006. The DRA contains new requirements intended to reduce Medicaid fraud and abuse. -
Financial challenges requires an attack on different fronts
This is the first of a two-part series that will look at the financial challenges to home health agencies. This month, we look at an overview of some of the issues. -
Initiatives aim to enhance patient communications
A report offering guidelines to help health care organizations ensure effective, patient-centered communications with patients of diverse backgrounds has been released by the American Medical Association (AMA) Ethical Force Program. -
Speaking their language: Crossing cultural barriers
Navigating the health care system often is bewildering for people who were born in the United States and speak English; it may be incomprehensible for some of this country's growing immigrant population, who bring their own cultural beliefs and practices with them. -
Learn cultural practices of the population you serve
When Jane Cavanaugh, RN, CCM, CPHQ, nurse case manager for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, began managing the care of a Vietnamese woman with lung cancer, she researched beliefs of the Vietnamese culture and tailored her care management plan around them.