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Short Takes World Hospice & Palliative Care Day: October 8 World Hospice and Palliative Care Day is a unified day of action to celebrate and support hospice and palliative care around the world. It takes place on the second Saturday in October each year. This year it will be October 8, 2016. The theme for World Day 2016 is "Living and Dying in Pain: It Doesn't Have to Happen." The theme tackles the critical issue of access to essential medicines for pain management and palliative care worldwide, and resonates with the advocacy work being done in the lead up to - and beyond - the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on the World Drug Problem. This year's World Hospice and Palliative Care Day campaign will focus on three major barriers for access to pain relief: 1. Overly restrictive national regulations 2. Poor education of healthcare providers in relation to opioid medications; and 3. Economic barriers to availability of these medications. You can find out more and access the Key Messages for this year on the World Hospice and Palliative Care Day webpage. Schumacher Receives Leadership Award For his leadership in the field and his dedication to advancing hospice and palliative care, J. Donald Schumacher, PsyD, was awarded the Galen Miller Leadership Award at the opening plenary of NHPCO's 31st Annual Management and Leadership Conference. More than 1,200 hospice and palliative care leaders, practitioners, and senior managers were in attendance at the conference that began April 21, 2016 at the Gaylord National Harbor Resort and Convention Center, just outside of Washington, DC. "Don has worked tirelessly to improve quality, access and care delivery throughout his entire professional career. As Don prepares to start a new chapter in his life in 2017, we felt it most appropriate to celebrate his contributions to our field," said NHPCO Board Chair Linda Rock at the award presentation. Don Schumacher (L) receives the Galen Miller Leadership Award from Bob Ward and NHPCO Board Chair Linda Rock. 38 NHPCO NewsLine | Summer 2016 Created in memory of Galen Miller, NHPCO's executive vice president who died in August 2013, this award recognizes a champion and advocate from the field who has demonstrated the highest levels of dedication and passion for the hospice and palliative care community and the patients and families that receive care. http://www.thewhpca.org/world-hospice-and-palliative-care-day/about http://www.thewhpca.org/world-day-2016/item/whpcd-2016-key-messages

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of NHPCO NewsLine Summer 2016

The Intensives (display ad)
Table of Contents
Optum (display ad)
A Message From Don
Resources to Help You be Involved
Policy Tools Links
2016 Virtual Conference (display ad)
Beyond Congress: Regulatory Advocacy
Simione Healthy Business Solutions (display ad)
Interprofessional Webinar Series (display ad)
NHPCO Process Maps in Marketplace (display ad)
Hospice Action Network Board
Fostering Positive Media Relationships
Thoughts from the Board Chair
Consolo (display ad)
Heartland Hospice Memorial Fund (display ad)
Sarah Lawrence College EOL Care (display ad)
New Strategic Opportunities for Hospice, Part 2
NHPCO Edge Workshops (display ad)
The Intensives is Unveiled
Virtual Conference 2016 Plenary Speakers
Proposed FY2017 Hospice Wage Index
Hill Briefing on EOL Care and Diversity
Palliative Care Resource Series
World Hospice & Palliative Care Day
Schumacher Receives Award
MLC 2016 Thanks to Supporters
Member News
News from National Hospice Foundation
NHF Gala Thank You
NHF Lighthouse of Hope (display ad)
News from Global Partners in Care
Marketplace Resources (display ad)
Links to Helpful Resources

NHPCO NewsLine Summer 2016