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Date:                  May 7, 2008

Contact:            Rebecca Stodolak

Phone:              800-516-4343

MANASQUAN, NJ -- More timely hospice patient referrals is a chief concern to the majority of hospice professionals, according to hospice letter’s annual executive survey.

There are strategies you can use to develop effective, ongoing programs to strengthen referrals and ALOS. Learn how to get more and earlier hospice referrals from your community physicians and hospitals!

Join hospice letter for “Tapping into Your Hospice Referral Sources: Successful Strategies for Boosting Referrals and ALOS,” a 90-minute audio conference and webinar scheduled for Wednesday, June 4, 2008 from 1:30 – 3:00 PM EDT.

Hear real-life case studies on what’s working to improve hospice referrals. Learn how Haven Hospice Won “The Circle of Life” Award with an innovative healthcare professional liason program … driving admissions up over 25% in one year!

Listen in to this program with your staff members and walk away with practical tips and tools you can immediately use to increase referrals.

The speakers are: Roll Rehnwall, MA,BA, Polly Rehwall Inc.; Tim Bowen, Executive Director, Haven Hospice; and Celeste McCraw, director of Professional Relations, Lighthouse Hospice Coastal Bend.

Agenda

• How hospices can educate physicians about the need to earlier referrals How to create a “sales” strategy for physicians
• Identifying typical mistakes made with referral source marketing
• Translating hospice features into provider benefits
• Ways to develop mutually beneficial relationships with hospitals and physicians
• Techniques to improve liaison productivity and conversion rates
• Tips for training marketing reps on cold calls and increasing referrals
• Discharge facilitation processes that increase hospital referrals and referral notification time
• Case Study: Haven Hospice's award winning liaison program
• Case Study: Lighthouse Hospice Coastal Bend -- Best practices of a professional relations professional
• Live question and answer session

How to Register

To register for “Tapping into Your Hospice Referal Sources: Successful Strategies for Boosting Referrals and ALOS” visit http://www.healthresourcesonline.com/edu/referrals.htm,

call (800) 516-4343 or e-mail orders@healthresourcesonline.com.

The cost of the conference is $227 per site if registered before May 30 and $277 after the early bird deadline. A CD will also be available for purchase for those unable to attend the live conference. For further details and other pricing options, visit www.healthresourcesonline.com/edu/referrals.htm.

Address:Health Resources Publishing 1913 Atlantic
Ave., Suite F5, Manasquan, NJ 08736; (732) 292-1100,
http://www.healthresourcesonline.com