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Death Disease-Modifying Treatment Hospice Care Palliative Care

Bereavement Support Terminal Phase of Illness

Figure 1: Integrated Model of Palliative Care

National Quality Forum, 2006

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Palliative Care Programs in U.S. Hospitals with 50 or more beds, 2000-2016 Count of Hospitals with Palliative Care Program Percent of Hospitals with Palliative Care Program

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Hospice:

Improve and streamline post-acute care transitions

Gain access to more patients who will benefit from hospice care

Decrease length of stay (LOS) by transitioning hospice-eligible patients to appropriate venues of care

Access a new venue to provide GIP level of care

Improve value-based purchasing scores with decrease in 30-day readmissions, improve CAHPS scores, and reduce Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary

Educate hospital staff on the holistic approach of hospice and palliative care

For hospitals with ACO/CIN: Decrease utilization and achieve cost savings

Gain access to the hospital’s resources and create further partnerships within the health system

Realize new stream of income for patients transitioned to GIP within the hospital

Understand the unique challenges of acute care hospitals

Educate staff in end-of-life care

Achieve more timely and appropriate hospice referrals through improved integration

Gain access to bereavement services for families of mutual patients provided by hospice provider at no cost to hospital

Establish or participate in development of hospital-based palliative care programs

30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0%

30-Day Readmission Rate by Post-Discharge Medical Service Use Percent

Home with hospice care provider 4.6%

Home with home health care provider 13.3%

Nursing Home 24.1%

Data taken from the Journal of Palliative Medicine.

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Arkansas Medicare Hospice Days Per Patient (ALOS) 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0

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INVITE OTHER DECISION MAKERS Who do you rely on to

help you make important decisions?

ASSESS UNDERSTANDING OF PROGRESS Can you share with me what

you think is happening with your illness and the treatments?

IDENTIFY GOALS OF CARE What is most important to

you right now?

What are you worried

about now? In the future?

REFRAME GOALS I wish we could find a new

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cure is not possible, I think we can meet some of your other

goals, like staying at home to spend time with your family.

IDENTIFY NEEDS FOR CARE What is your life like when

you are at home? How are you and your family managing?

Are you experiencing pain

or other symptoms that are bothering you?

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And to the thousands of doctors, nurses, therapists, pharmacists, counselors, hospitals, medical suppliers and many other healthcare providers who have cared for our members and their families for seven decades, thank you! You play a critical role in ensuring our members receive quality, compassionate care during some of their most vulnerable moments in life. As a not-for-profit, mutual insurance company, our commitment to investing in Arkansas, its people and its healthcare delivery system began in December 1948 and will continue.

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2019 Governor’s Quality Award Healthcare Seminar

The Unconscious Barriers to Workforce Quality Tuesday, June 18 | Embassy Suites Hotel, Little Rock | 8:45 a.m. – 3 p.m.

5.5 hours pending from the National Association for Healthcare Quality and Office of Long Term Care

FEATURED SPEAKERS

AGENDA 8:45 a.m. – 9 a.m.

9 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Welcome “The Unconscious Barriers to Workforce Quality” Hugh Brown, Chief Executive Officer St. David’s Georgetown Hospital, Austin, Texas Break

10:30 a.m. – 11 a.m.

“How the Governor’s Quality Award Process Engages Your Workforce: Examples from a 2018 Award Recipient” Steven Webb President and CEO, Unity Health

11 a.m. – 12 p.m.

“Supporting Your Workforce and Improving Patient Outcomes through Trauma-Informed Care Practices” Nicola (Nikki) Edge, PhD Professor/Associate Director, Research and Evaluation Division/Department of Family and Preventive Medicine/University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

12 p.m. – 1 p.m.

Lunch

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“How to Build and Sustain a Culture of Excellence” Jimmy K. Duncan, SHRM-SCP, SPHR Chief People Officer, Arkansas Children’s

2 p.m. – 3 p.m.

“Impairment in the Workplace: See Something?

Say Something! Do Something!”

Tonya S. Gierke JD, BSN, RN Arkansas State Board of Nursing (ASBN)/ Assistant Director Arkansas Nurses Alternative to Discipline Program (ArNAP)

Overall Sponsor

Hugh Brown, Chief Executive Officer

Hugh Brown has served as Chief Executive Officer of St. David’s Georgetown Hospital since 2007. He assumed his role shortly after the hospital was acquired by St. David’s HealthCare, a partnership between HCA and the Austin-based St. David’s Foundation. In 2014, St. David’s HealthCare received the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the highest quality award given to any business by the federal government. In addition, for the past six years St. David’s Georgetown Hospital has specifically been recognized as a “100 Top Hospital” and as a “Top 5% Hospital in the U.S.” for clinical quality.

Steven Webb, President & CEO

Steven Webb is the President and CEO of Unity Health which has grown from a county hospital to an entire system, consisting of three hospital campuses and 20 clinics serving communities in eight counties. Unity Health – White County Medical Center received the 2018 Governor’s Quality Award for Performance Excellence. The system is a member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network and home to the second largest Graduate Medical Education program in the state.

Nicola (Nikki) Edge, PhD

Nikki Edge, PhD, is a Professor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine. She directs an Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation program in Arkansas, called Project PLAY, as well as a teacher training and coaching program, called REACH. She is co-director of AR BEST (Arkansas Building Effective Services for Trauma).

Jimmy K. Duncan, SHRM-SCP, SPHR

Jimmy Duncan is the Senior Vice President: and Chief People Officer for Arkansas Children’s in Little Rock. This position champions the Arkansas Children’s System culture effort to become an integrated “One Team” made up of hospitals, research, foundation, and care networks.

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Tonya S. Gierke JD, BSN, RN

Tonya Gierke recently joined the Arkansas State Board of Nursing as the Assistant Director over ArNAP (Arkansas Nurses Alternative [to Discipline] Program). She is an RN and a licensed attorney.

Her bedside nursing career includes pediatric oncology, emergency room, and flight nursing.

She has practiced law in the areas of insurance defense and health care regulation. She has over a decade of experience as a risk manager, health care compliance officer, and privacy officer.

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POST-HOSPITAL MRSA INFECTIONS REDUCED BY 30 PERCENT Rehospitalizations for infections caused

by Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) were reduced by 30 percent through a three-step treatment plan for patients known to carry the bacteria on their body, according to a new AHRQ (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) study.

The treatment cleanses the bacteria from patients’ skin, mouths, and noses, according to the research. Patients were treated with a combination of an over-the-counter antiseptic, for bathing or showering, prescription antiseptic mouthwash, and antibiotic nasal ointment.

The study, published in the February 14, 2019 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, included more than 2,000 patients with MRSA who were discharged from Southern California hospitals between 2011 and 2014. Patients in one group received an educational binder with recommendations for preventing infections via personal hygiene, laundry, and household cleaning. A second group received the same educational materials but, for six months, also took steps to remove MRSA from their skin and noses with chlorhexidine antiseptic for bathing, chlorhexidine mouthwash, and the nasal antibiotic ointment mupirocin.

In the overall treatment group, the 30 percent reduction in MRSA infections was accompanied by a 17 percent reduction in all infections, according to the study results. Of note, participants who followed the treatment completely had a 44 percent reduction in MRSA infections and a 40 percent reduction in all infections.

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MEASLES STRIKING THE U.S. IN 2019 From January 1 to March 21, 2019, 314* individual cases of measles were confirmed in 15 states.

The states reporting cases to CDC are Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Texas, and Washington.

Six outbreaks (defined as three or more cases) have been reported in the following jurisdictions: • New York State, Rockland County • New York City • Washington • Texas • Illinois • California

HPCAA Leaders Providing National Leadership in Comfort Care The Hospice & Palliative Care Association of Arkansas is honored to provide leaders to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO).

Three leaders from our association are currently serving terms on the NHPCO Board of Directors. We appreciate their many contributions to advancing the practice of hospice and palliative care for patients and families in Arkansas – and the nation.

Greg Wood, MS, LSW Executive Director, Hospice of the Ozarks; Chairman, NHPCO Board of Directors

Dr. Brian Jones President and CEO, SHARE Foundation; National Director, NHPCO Board of Directors

Carla Davis CEO, Heart of Hospice; Appointee, NHPCO Board of Directors

These outbreaks are linked to unvaccinated international travelers who brought measles back from other countries, such as Israel and Ukraine, where large measles outbreaks are occurring. It is important for all travelers to be vaccinated against the measles before traveling internationally.

Spread of Measles • Most people who got measles were unvaccinated.

• Measles is still common in many parts of the world, including some countries in Europe, Asia, the Pacific, and Africa.

• Travelers with measles continue to bring the disease into the U.S. • Measles can spread when it reaches a community in the U.S. where groups of people are unvaccinated.

For more on the current state of measles outbreaks in the U.S., go to www.cdc.gov* and search “Measles.”

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MEASURING HEALTH CARE DISPARITY?

FINANCING IS THE FIRST STEP.

The National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports provides a unified web tool for use by policymakers, health care researchers and analysts, health care stakeholders, media professionals, members of the public, and health care workers who are seeking to improve the health status and quality of care for vulnerable populations.

The NHQR/DR provides up-to-date quality and disparities reports and fact sheets for investigating disparities in the ambulatory, home health, hospice, nursing home, and hospital settings. It incorporates features not only from the national reports but also from state snapshots and the NHQR/DR query tool.

Allowing users to drill down from the broadest picture of health care quality and disparities on the national and state levels, the web tool helps users view detailed analyses of specific measures at those levels. It’s also possible, through the data query feature, to examine data across specific sociodemographic fields.

Access the web tool by visiting the AHRQ website at ahrq.gov, searching for National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.

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Where We

Hospice and Palliative Care

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IN ARKANSAS TODAY

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Hospital programs1:

• 37 Arkansas hospitals offer palliative care services in the hospital, system, or through a joint venture.

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• 43 Arkansas hospitals offer hospice services in

the hospital, system, or through a joint venture.

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16,080 Arkansans 15,000 Medicare Payments Totalling $152,088,6442

7,500 2015

2016

48%

2017

In 2016, 16,080 Arkansans received hospice services through Medicare, with Medicare hospice payments totaling $152,088,644.2

48% of Arkansans covered by

Medicare who died in 2016 were using hospice services at the time of death.2

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Inpatient Hospital

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Dementia

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Cancer

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Hispanic

Stroke

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Heart Disease

Average age: 80

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White

Respiratory

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Inpatient Hospice

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Black

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Primary diagnoses of AR Medicare hospice users2

57% 43%

Female Male

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Medicaid Eligible

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Demographics of AR Medicare hospice users2

27%

45%

Home Hospice

Assisted Living or Nursing Facility

Primary place of service of AR Medicare hospice users2

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