FINAL PROGRAM - California State Hospice Association

10:30 A.M. – 11:30 A.M.
Master Speaker Sessions
Master speakers are noted experts in the hospice field who
have been invited to present at this year’s conference.
5A. Hospice at Risk: What Hospice Staff Need
to Know and Do
STEVENS CREEK
Holly Swiger, PhD, MPH, RN, Vice President, Regulatory
Initiatives, Weatherbee Associates
Does your documentation clearly
demonstrate your patient’s eligibility
for hospice? Are you clear on the
requirements and process you must
follow to support your claims for your
patients? The scrutiny in healthcare
is intensifying. Audits for hospice
continue to expand in number, type
and frequency. In our role as hospice
consultants, we are seeing a significant
rise in technical denials, some
of which have resulted in hospices going out of business.
Come and hear about the expanding audit environment and
learn the importance of sound technical and clinical eligibility
so that your agency is best prepared for any audit.
Co-Sponsored by Edgewood Partners Insurance Center—EPIC
5B. Goals First: Building a Better, More Patient
Centered Plan of Care
LAWRENCE
Michael Nisco, MD, MBA, DABHPM, Medical Director,
Saint Agnes Hospice and Palliative Care Services
Are your plans of care truly patient
centric? Come to this session to learn
how to have a better conversation
with patients and families about their
end of life wishes. You’ll leave the
session with a clearer understanding
of the role of DNR orders such
as POLST, and how your hospice
can better adapt to the expanding
hospice continuum of care. Bring a
difficult case example, and be prepared to participate in an
interactive program focused on better aligning hospice services
with patients’ treatment preferences.
Sponsored by AseraCare Hospice
5C. Hospice Journey-the Challenge of Caring
SAN TOMAS
Dale Larson, PhD, Professor of Counseling Psychology, Coordinator
Health Psychology Emphasis, Santa Clara University
As end-of-life care enters its “second
wave,” hospice and palliative care
services continue to expand, bringing
better quality of life to increasing
numbers of dying persons and
their families. Patients and families
are increasingly achieving the kinds
of outcomes they say matter most—
better symptom management, clearer
communication about the patient’s
condition, greater sensitivity to spiritual and cultural issues,
and control over the site of death. Despite this progress,
many challenges remain. We will explore some of these key
challenges, and strategies for meeting them, with special
attention to the challenge of caring: finding a way to maintain
our sense of compassion, and to grow personally and professionally,
while courageously assisting others to live with hope
in a world in which loss, and often trauma, are inescapable.
Co-Sponsored by Fairhaven Memorial Park
Helping families cherish life.
AseraCare Hospice provides
compassionate end-of-life care in:
• Concord
• Fresno
• Stockton
www.AseraCare.com
Equal opportunity provider of healthcare services.
AHS-09700-12
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