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Do Not Wait! Medicare Hospice COPs: What You Need
To Know About the Final Rule
Live 90-Minute Audio Conference Scheduled For
Thursday, January 11, 2007 from 1:30 – 3:00 pm ET
Date: December 18, 2006
Contact: Robert Jenkins
Phone: (732) 292-1100
MANASQUAN, N.J. The final Medicare Hospice Conditions of Participation (COPs) are expected to be published next fall. The COPs have not been changed since 1983 and comments on the proposed changes have run the gamut.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) says that the new hospice COPs "will provide more attention to meeting the specific needs of individual patients," and that the conditions also "would ease the regulatory burden for hospice providers and improve the quality of care for all hospice patients."
To avoid problems when the final COPs are put into effect, it is important for all hospices to begin making changes now, experts agree.
The officials from CMS will provide a comprehensive review of the proposed COPs, a discussion of the public comments received so far, and recommendations to help get your organization ready for the COP changes in this special 90-minute audio conference scheduled for Thursday, January 11, 2007 at 1:30 PM Eastern time.
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How to Register:
To register for “Do Not Wait! Medicare Hospice COPs: What You Need To Know About the Final Rule,” visit http://www.healthresourcesonline.com/edu/hcp.htm or call (800) 516-4343.
The cost of the conference is $227 per site if registered
before January 5 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: http://www.healthresourcesonline.com/edu/hcp.htm
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Address: Health Resources Publishing, 1913 Atlantic Ave., Suite F4, Manasquan, NJ 08736; (732) 292-1100, www.healthresourcesonline.com
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