NHPCO NewsLine Spring 2020 - 7
NHPCO leadership engage with the media on a daily basis. Sometimes it's a formal
interview, other times they want a specific comment on a relevant issue, and sometimes
it's for context to better understand the field. President and CEO Edo Banach recently
spoke with a reporter from a national news outlet on some themes that are timely. We
thought the membership would enjoy reading the dialogue between the two. The journalist
is not identified, our intention is to share Edo's thoughts with the membership.
Journalist: The growth of
hospice, I think most people have
looked at it and asked, "Is more
hospice better?" Are you all seeing
some growing pains that you are
starting to identify?
Edo Banach: Yes, without a
doubt. I think that as hospice
becomes a bigger and bigger part
of the health care delivery system
- and part of this is
demographics - there are more
people who are entering that
phase of life, where they are
going to succumb to disease. Part
of what we're seeing in terms of
the growth of hospice is that the
growth is matching the
demographics, that's point
number one. Number two, we've
actually done a good job as a
society and as a community of
getting it to be that over half of
Medicare beneficiaries die on
hospice care. Not so long ago it
was much less than that. So, with
demographics and the number of
people who avail themselves of
hospice, there is growth that's
warranted. That said, it is also
true that hospice has become
more attractive to providers in
recent years. Sometimes for the
right reasons - people want to
provide excellent care - and
sometimes for the wrong reasons.
Journalist: Some concerning
reports were released several
months back, how did you
respond?
Edo Banach: Yes, the Office of
Inspector General came out with
a series of reports about six
months ago citing some lapses in
care that did indeed get the
attention of the media. And one
response to that could have been,
"Us? Never." That was not our
response because the fact is that
problems do happen. And we
want to work with the
government, with Congress, with
CMS that oversees providers, to
tighten up enforcement. To
tighten up their own utilization of
the tools that they have to make
sure that when people get
hospice care, it's the best care
possible. We shared public
messaging and information with
our membership that addressed
the reports in a direct fashion and
there are concerns that we are
taking seriously.
It's not in our interest, it's in no
one's interest for people to get
substandard hospice care. One of
the misperceptions, I think, is that
it's a particular type of provider
that is contributing to some of
the problems that we're seeing.
That's not necessarily the case.
There are large for-profit and
nonprofit entities that are doing
an excellent job, just like there are
large for-profit and nonprofit
hospices that are doing a job that
fails to meet expectations. We
see smaller providers delivering
excellent care and small providers
struggling to do so. It really runs
the gamut. I think it's really
important to focus on the quality
of care that's provided and not a
particular kind of provider.
...with
demographics and
the number of
people who avail
themselves of
hospice, there is
growth that's
warranted.
Newsline / Spring 2020
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NHPCO NewsLine Spring 2020
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of NHPCO NewsLine Spring 2020
Enclara Pharmacia (display ad)
Table of Contents
Leadership and Advocacy Conference Supporters (display ad)
Edo's Message
Q & A with Edo Banach
State Hospice Profiles (display ad)
NHPCO Quality Connections
Virtual Conference 2020 (display ad)
Virtual Conference registration form
NHPCO Legislative Priorities
NHPCO's Career Center (display ad)
2020 Board of Directors
Board Members in Action
Q & A with HMDCB Certificants
Contracting Advice for Members
IDC Keynotes
New Chapters Palliative Care Playbook
NHF Gala (display ad)
2020 LAC Keynotes
My Hospice Campaign
NHF Lighthouse of Hope (display ad)
NHPCO Webinar Packages
2020 Webinar Series (display ad)
New Issue Pediatric E-journal
Virtual Hill Week 2020
News from We Honor Veterans
Message from We Honor Veterans
Enclara Digital First article
Back cover
NHPCO NewsLine Spring 2020 - Intro
NHPCO NewsLine Spring 2020 - 1
NHPCO NewsLine Spring 2020 - Enclara Pharmacia (display ad)
NHPCO NewsLine Spring 2020 - Table of Contents
NHPCO NewsLine Spring 2020 - Leadership and Advocacy Conference Supporters (display ad)
NHPCO NewsLine Spring 2020 - Edo's Message
NHPCO NewsLine Spring 2020 - Q & A with Edo Banach
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NHPCO NewsLine Spring 2020 - Virtual Conference 2020 (display ad)
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