NHPCO Hosts National Conference Focusing on Hospice Leadership

It's About How We Lead: Listen, Engage, Advocate and Define

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More than 1,500 hospice and palliative care CEOs, executive directors, senior leaders, managers and other industry experts will gather to explore best practices that expand hospice and palliative care service delivery, define excellence and enhance quality throughout the care continuum.

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WHO: National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization

WHAT: 27th Annual Management and Leadership Conference

WHEN:   Thursday, March 29 – Saturday, March 31, 2012

WHERE:  Gaylord National Harbor Convention Center, National Harbor, MD

The conference features more than 100 concurrent sessions, four plenary presentations, an exhibit hall, and more. Plenary speakers:

Marshall Goldsmith, PhD, author and educator
What Got You Here Won't Get You There
Thursday, March 29, 8:00am – 9:30am

Atul Gawande, MD, physician, writer, public health researcher
Letting Go: How Hospice and Palliative Care Can Transform the Healthcare System
Thursday, March 29, 12:45pm – 2:00pm.

Mark Miller, PhD, executive director of Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
Factors Influencing Reimbursement of End-of-Life Care
J. Donald Schumacher, PsyD, NHPCO president & CEO
Remarks on state of the field
Friday, March 30, 8:15am – 10:00am.

Diana Whitney, PhD, author, founder and president of Corporation for Positive Change
Appreciative Leadership: Building a Thriving Organization
Saturday, March 31, 8:30am – 9:45am.

Detailed conference information is available on the NHPCO website, http://www.nhpco.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=5957.

Hospice Action Network, will host its annual Capitol Hill Day event on March 28; one of two advocacy events for 2012. 

Exhibit Hall featuring 70 vendors and organizations opens March 29, 5:00pm – 7:00pm and continues on March 30, 7:00am – 1:00pm.

"Celebrating the Women of Hospice: A Salute to Heroines and Humanitarians" the National Hospice Foundation's Gala is on Friday evening, March 30, 7:30pm – 11:30pm.

Educational grants in support of the conference have been provided by: AdvaCare Systems; Community Health Accreditation Program, Inc.; Glatfelter Healthcare Practice; Home Healthcare Solutions; Hospice Action Network; Hospice Pharmacia; and National HME, Inc.

AdvaCare Systems
CareAnyware, Inc.
Community Health Accreditation Program (CHAP, Inc.)
Enclara Health, LLC
Glatfelter Healthcare Practice
Home Healthcare Solutions
Hospice Action Network
Hospice Pharmacia
National HME, Inc.
Simione Consultants LLC
Suncoast Solutions
Wizards Creations, Inc.

Members of the professional print and broadcast media are invited; social media professionals may register at the advanced conference rate. Check in at conference desk or contact:

Jon Radulovic
Vice President of Communications
Office: 703-837-3139
Cell: 571-259-5016
jradulovic@nhpco.org

NHPCO is the oldest and largest nonprofit membership organization representing hospice and palliative care programs and professionals in the United States. NHPCO's mission is to lead and mobilize social change for improved care at the end of life, www.nhpco.org.

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