Dear CAPC e-NEWS Subscriber,
We are pleased to offer the following news and announcements:
1. CAPC Hosts Grand Rounds Conference Call: Dec. 12th: BILLING FOR THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OF PHYSICIANS.
2. Register Now for CAPC Management Training Seminar: "PLANNING, FUNDING, AND SUSTAINING A HOSPITAL-BASED PALLIATIVE CARE PROGRAM: TOOLS AND STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS," Philadelphia, February 27 - March 2, 2003.
3. Make the Case! Request CAPC's New, Free Publication: THE CASE FOR PALLIATIVE CARE.
4. Last Acts Issues First-Ever State-by-State Report Card.
5. The Good News For Palliative Care.
6. A Few Good FACTS.
Did you know?....U.S. News and World Report now lists Palliative Care as a criterion in its rankings of "America's Best Hospitals."
1. CAPC GRAND ROUNDS AUDIO CONFERENCE. . .
BILLING FOR THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OF PHYSICIANS
Wednesday, December 12, 2002
1:00 pm Eastern Time
CHARLES VON GUNTEN, MD, PhD
Medical Director, Center for Palliative Studies
San Diego Hospice
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of California, San Diego
Effective billing is fundamental to the success of any palliative care program. We are therefore pleased to announce that Dr. Charles von Gunten will conduct our next grand rounds audio conference, "Billing for the Professional Services of Physicians." A dynamic speaker, Dr. von Gunten is a recognized authority in this area and can offer insights and expertise to address any aspect of the process.
As always, these monthly one-hour calls are free of charge to our listeners, but space is limited.
TO REGISTER, please contact Margaret Schutz at margaret.schutz@mssm.edu.
2. REGISTER NOW FOR THE NEXT CAPC CONFERENCE . . .
PLANNING, FUNDING, AND SUSTAINING A HOSPITAL-BASED PALLIATIVE CARE PROGRAM: TOOLS AND STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Marriott
February 27 - March 2, 2003
A comprehensive seminar intended for healthcare managers, physicians, nurses, administrators, institutional teams, and others responsible for the planning and implementation of hospital or health system-based palliative care programs. This seminar offers new tools, material and workshops while also offering enhancements to material provided in previous seminars.
HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:
· Creating Compelling Business and Financial Plans,
· Discussion of JCAHO Standards,
· Funding Palliative Care Programs,
· Crossing the Clinician-Management Gap,
· Needs Assessment Organizational Models,
· Options for the Long-Term Care Setting,
· Hospital-Hospice Partnerships,
· Effective Marketing,
· And more.
SPONSORED BY:
The Center to Advance Palliative Care
The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Hospice Network
TO REGISTER, download the registration brochure at http://www.capc.org/content/264/. For further information, please call the CAPC Event Line at (212) 201-2680, or e-mail barbara.mastroddi@mssm.edu.
3. NEW! MAKE THE CASE FOR STARTING A HOSPITAL-BASED PALLIATIVE CARE PROGRAM. . .
THE CASE FOR HOSPITAL-BASED PALLIATIVE CARE:
WHY LEADING HOSPITALS ARE STARTING PALLIATIVE CARE PROGRAMS
CAPC is offering a new, free publication to those who would like an important reference tool to help them build a compelling case for starting a hospital-based palliative care program. The Case details how leading hospitals are starting palliative care programs to deliver the high-quality care that seriously ill patients want and need, while increasing staff and patient satisfaction, and lowering costs. It is intended as both a reference tool and a handout, to help professionals "make the case" with their key decision-makers.
Copies may be downloaded at http://www.capc.org/content/258/.
Or, to request a copy by mail, please contact margaret.schutz@mssm.edu.
4. LAST ACTS RELEASES MAJOR STATE-BY-STATE REPORT, GENERATES NATIONAL MEDIA BUZZ . . .
Last Acts released a major new state-by-state analysis of end-of-life care, "Means to a Better End: A Report on Dying in America Today," on Monday, November 18, at a press conference in Washington, DC. The results of the new report, a state-by-state analysis of the availability and use of good end-of-life care, were unveiled along with the results of a national opinion poll.
The press conference was a huge success, garnering significant national media attention, including NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, C-Span, Associated Press, and most major daily newspapers. Last Acts and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation have each developed comprehensive web sections devoted entirely to this report, the findings and related resources.
To read the report, go tohttp://www.rwjf.org/newsEvents/means.jhtml.
5. THE GOOD NEWS FOR PALLIATIVE CARE . . .
Five years ago there were almost no formal palliative care programs in the U.S. The new Last Acts, state-by-state report card, however, points to a positive trend: Today, approximately 700 hospitals nationwide offer some type of palliative care program, and slightly over 2,000 report offering pain management services.
"We will not consider ourselves finished until every hospital provides palliative care,"
said Dr. Diane Meier, Director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care. "This is an enormous accomplishment, but we still have a long way to go."
Despite the accomplishments, the report indicates that most U.S. states still have too few professionals trained in pain management and palliative care, too little use of palliative care services, and too few patients using hospice. Necessary improvements will hinge on vitally needed changes in healthcare, public policy, healthcare financing, and citizen advocacy. The report also identified the need for more and better trained professionals, supportive practice environments, and more extensive research.
6. A FEW GOOD FACTS . . .
- Chronic conditions are now the leading cause of illness, disability, and death; they affect almost half of the U.S. population and account for the majority of healthcare expenditures. (IOM, Crossing the Quality Chasm: Executive Summary)
- 90 million Americans live with chronic illnesses. (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion: Chronic Disease Overview)
- Who can benefit from Palliative Care?
The 63% of Medicare patients with two or more chronic conditions who account for 95% of Medicare spending. (IOM)
- Which illness are typical of palliative care patients?
Cancer (88%); CHF (56.2%); COPD (56.2%); Stroke (25.8%); Kidney disease(19.9%); Degenerative Neuro Disease (17.6%); Chronic Pain (14.6%); HIV/Aids (12.4%); Severe Trauma (2.6%).
If you have a good fact that can help support the case for hospital-based palliative care, please e-mail them to lisa.morgan@mssm.edu. We will try to feature FACTS regularly, so that all can take advantage of them to help build their case.
ABOUT CAPC . . .
The Center to Advance Palliative Care is a national initiative supported by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, with technical assistance provided by the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Our mission is to increase the availability of quality palliative care services in hospitals and other healthcare settings for people with life-threatening illnesses, their families and caregivers. As a national resource center, CAPC offers healthcare professionals a range of educational, technical and networking resources as part of its goal to make palliative care a nationwide standard. ( http://www.capc.org/)
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