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Hospice & Palliative Care

ONLINE CONTINUING EDUCATION

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ON-DEMAND WEBINAR SERIES:
HOSPICE: USING THE HOSPICE BENEFIT

Speaker
Speaker: Russell K. Portenoy, MD
Chief Medical Officer, MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care
Executive Director, MJHS Institute for Innovation in Palliative Care
Professor of Neurology and Family and Social Medicine,
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Purpose: The purpose of this webinar is to provide an update about the clinical services and regulations that govern the federal and state hospice benefit.

Objectives:

  1. Explain the various physician roles during a hospice stay
  2. Describe the services included in the hospice benefit
  3. Explain hospice eligibility in terms of medical eligibility and appropriateness for hospice
  4. Describe the reimbursement available for physician encounters with hospice patients

Target Audience: Primary care providers, nurse practitioners, palliative care specialists, pain specialists, registered nurses, advanced practice nurses, registered nurses with a specialty in palliative care/hospice, social workers, allied health professionals, fellows, residents, and medical students

Criteria for Successful Completion:

  1. Attendance at entire session
  2. Submission of completed evaluation form
  3. Successful completion of a posttest (70% for physicians, non-physicians, and nurses; 80% for social workers)

Continuing Education Credits: 0.75

Release Date: April 29, 2019

Expiration Date: November 1, 2024 (for nurses); January 31, 2025 (for NYS Social Workers)

Continuing Education Accreditation:

Social Workers: MJHS Institute for Innovation in Palliative Care is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0242.

Fees:
Individual:  Free (includes CME/CE certificate)

Disclosures:
Russell K. Portenoy, MD, Faculty and Planner, has indicated a relationship with Tabula Rasa for research support.

No other Planning Committee Member has any disclosures.

Planning Committee Members
Myra Glajchen, DSW
Kerrianne P. Page, MD, HMDC
Joyce Palmieri, MS, RN, CHPN
Karen Richards, PhD, EdS
Funding Disclosure: No commercial funding has been accepted for the activity.

Location: Online at https://www.mjhspalliativeinstitute.org/e-learning/

The MJHS Institute for Innovation in Palliative Care is pleased to offer free interdisciplinary palliative care webinars, live and on demand, delivered by frontline experts, typically offering Continuing Medical Education (CME), Nursing continuing education (CE), Social Work CE credits, Case Manager CCMC CE credits, and Music Therapy CE credits.

Our free interactive multimedia modules on Community-Based Palliative Care Program Development  and Caring for Holocaust Survivors With Sensitivity at End of Life  offer up to 9.75 CE credits.

Free pdf downloads now available: 15 palliative care professional factsheets and patient education handouts on 18 topics in English, Spanish, Haitian Creole, Arabic, French, and Russian.

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Caring for Holocaust Survivors With Sensitivity at the End of Life is the winner of the 2023 Brandon Hall Gold Award—Best Learning Program for Unconscious Bias Awareness (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Category)
Caring for Holocaust Survivors With Sensitivity at the End of Life is the winner of the 2023 Brandon Hall Gold Award—Best Learning Program for Unconscious Bias Awareness (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Category)