Volume 12, Number 25 — August 23, 2023
Dear Healthcare at Home Colleague,
As much as healthcare providers want to focus all their resources on the elderly, the infirm, the children born with crippling conditions, sometimes instead they find themselves spending a day standing in front of a judge, pleading for the freedom to go back to work and continue to provide care. Sadly, once in a while, some of these people belong in those courtrooms.
One sad story in a week would be too many, but this week we have two. When you scroll down, you will find a news item about CMS paying site visits to over 7,000 hospices, looking for evidence of care billed but not provided. They found quite a lot of it. The other story has to do with a licensed New York agency that was sued by the federal government for doing what its clients asked it to do. Unfortunately, what they asked was racially discriminatory. By agreeing to meet client requests, the agency is in trouble with the feds.
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Our lead staff write Heather Thompson (formerly Rooney) departs from her series on AI in healthcare this week to revisit her home care sales and marketing history. If you were forced to name the number one characteristic of a successful salesperson, what would you say? Persistence? Eloquence? Industry expertise? True to her national reputation, Heather challenges all the expected answers and argues for one that probably did not occur to you. Be sure to scroll down and click on "The Art of Empathetic Selling."
Lastly, this week, some good news. You will want to let your Medicare beneficiary patients know that financial relief is on the way. One of the lesser-known provisions in the 2021 law known by some, and ridiculed by others, as The Inflation Reduction Act is the ability for Part D participants to pay for their prescription medications in monthly payments. We reprint for you a CMS announcement detailing how that will work and when it will take effect.
Two national association annual meetings are coming up, of course, but there are a couple of others to tell you about. HCAOA is scheduled for October 23-24 in Chicago, right after the NAHC annual meeting in National Harbor, Maryland on October 15-18. Scroll down to our "Upcoming Events" section to see your invitations to association meetings in Texas and North Carolina.
Have a great week. Keep making a difference!
Breaking News: CMS Amplifies Measures Against Hospice Fraud
As of August 7, CMS has completed more than 7,000 hospice site visits in a crackdown on care and billing abuse.
EEOC Sues Licensed Home Care Agency for Discrimination
Federal agency charges Home Care agency with removing Black and Hispanic caregivers when client expressed racial or language preference.
The Art of Empathetic Selling - Revisited 2023
Heather Thompson revisits an article penned in 2009 to offer a bit of timeless advice. What is at the heart of the best-performing sales organizations? Empathy.
CMS News: Draft Guidance on Program to Allow People to Pay Out-of-Pocket Drug Costs in Monthly Payments
New Medicare Prescription Payment Plan will help people pay Medicare Part D costs over the year instead of all at once.
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54th Annual Meeting: "Bring Care Home"Presented by: Texas Association for Home Care & Hospice
Dates: August 28-31
Venue: Grand Hyatt Riverwalk
City: San Antonio
FREE Webinar: "The Role of the Hospice Physician in Organizational Compliance"Presented by: FEMA
Date: September 6
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM, EDT
Collaborating with the Administration for Community Living, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Office of Policy, Planning, and Innovation, and the Schoharie County, NY, Area Agency on Aging, the webinar is designed to equip organizations with strategies to ensure seamless service continuity during an emergency.
2023 NAHC Annual Meeting & Exposition *
"One Voice, Many Stories"
Date: October 15-17
Venue: Gaylord
Location: National Harbor, MDKeynote Speakers:
- Ben Nemtin, New York Times bestselling author of "What Do You Want to Do Before You Die?"
- Summer Napier, NAHC Director of Grassroots Advocacy
- Bill Dombi, NAHC President
Vision – Plan – Succeed: 2023 Leadership Conference
Association for Home & Hospice Care of North Carolina
Dates: October 29-31
Venue: Renaissance Hotel
City: Ashville
Featured speakers:Bill Dombi, Melinda Gaboury, Tim Rogers, Nick Seabrook, Mark Sharp, Robert Markette, Mark Kulik, and more.
Call for Speaker Proposals
Association for Home & Hospice Care of North Carolina (AHHC) Annual Convention and Expo
Dates: April 7-10, 2024
Venue: Raleigh Convention Center
Click this link to learn more and to submit your proposal: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6RRNNY3
The deadline to submit a proposal is November 15, 2023.
Conference Title: 2023 Annual Hybrid Hospice & Palliative Care Conference
Sponsoring Association: Hospice & Palliative Care Association of New York State
Date(s): November 13-14, 2023
Hotel or Conference Center, City, State: Albany Marriott Hotel, Albany, NY
URL: www.hpcanys.org
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Education & Membership
Hospice & Palliative Care Association of NYS (HPCANYS)
Advance Care Planning Center for Excellence
119 Washington Ave, Suite 302
Albany NY 12210
518.446.1483 x 224 |www.hpcanys.org
2023 Virtual Annual Conference
Virginia Association for Homecare and HospiceOpening Date: November 15
*The Rowan Report will see you there.
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