Newsletters & Updates
Starting in 2016, most newsletters & updates have been relocated to our News Section (blogs) on the bottom of the homepage.
- October 2015: (e-news) Essential Tools for Budgeting and Planning
- September 2015: (e-news) More Great Data, Products, and Services
- August 2015: (newsletter) Calculating Live Discharge -- If It's So Easy, How Come It's So Hard?
- July 2015: (e-news) Responding to the Proposed Rule -- What Data Do You Need?
- June 2015: (e-news) Opportunities to Help Hospitals with Readmissions Penalties
- May 2015: (e-news) MedPAC and OIG Eye Quality Indicators
- April 2015: (print) Cost Reports Now Available in InfoMAX!
- March 2015: (e-news) Executive Summary: What Every Hospice Leader Needs to Know
- February 2015: (e-news) Cost Reports Now Available in InfoMAX!
- January 2015: (e-news) Hanging on for the Holidays?
- December 2014: (newsletter) Hospice Data for 2013 Show Shifts in Utilization
- November 2014: Media Scrutiny Raises Questions About Hospice Care
- October 2014: Mergers, Acquisitions, Affiliations Wave Hits Hospice
- Sept 2014: A Closer Look at Allegations of Hospice Fraud
- August 2014: Fall Newsletter, including "How to Increase Census and Strengthen Sustainability" using InfoMAX data and reports; palliative care in neurology; and physicians' (often late) discussions of hospice with patients.
- August 2013: Fall Newsletter, including articles on the release of InfoMAX, Spiritual Care, and Hospitalized Patients with Cancer
- December 2012: Winter Newsletter, including articles on the Future of Hospice, Patient Preferences, and Use of Skilled Nursing Facilities at the End of Life
- August 2012: Fall Newsletter including articles on Physician Referrals, Racial Diversity, Hospice and Emergency Dept. Use, and Quality of Life
- May 2012: Summer Newsletter, including articles on Marketing Matters discusses the National Hospice Locator, COPD, and Aggressive Care at End of Life
- April 2012: Congressional & State Maps in Louisiana & Mississippi
- April 2012: Q&A: Hospice Survey Frequency
- February 2012: Accreditation and Hospice Discipline Visits in Louisiana & Mississippi, comparing accreditation trends and discipline (e.g., physician, nurse, hospice aide, and social work) visits between members and non-members of the Louisiana & Mississippi Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
- January 2012: Hospice Utilization in Louisiana & Mississippi, using the newly released Medicare 2010 Data Files
- October 2011: HOPE of Wisconsin State Hospice Conference Plenary Presenation
- October 2011: HOPE of Wisconsin State Hospice Conference Workshop Presentation
- September 2011: North & South Carolina's Center for Hospice & End-of-Life Care Workshop Part 1
- September 2011: North & South Carolina's Center for Hospice & End-of-Life Care Workshop Part 2
- June 2011: The Impact of Hurricane Katrina on Hospice Admissions in the Gulf Coast
- April 2011: Palliative Care in Louisiana & Mississippi, using Medicare files to explore the use of palliative care
- March 2011: Introduction of Hospice Analytics, and Use of Medicare Information in Congressional Maps