The extreme weather conditions caused the AAHPM offices to be closed on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. To accommodate any requests during the down time, we will be extending the Annual Assembly early bird rates through February 4. We hope you will join us in warm and sunny Orlando, March 13-16, 2019. Visit annualassembly.org … Read moreAAHPM Week in Review: January 28 – February 1
The Annual Assembly of Hospice and Palliative Care will be here in less than 7 weeks! If you haven’t registered yet, you have 6 days to take advantage of the early bird rate and save up to 25%. Staff is looking into securing additional hotel rooms, since the Hyatt Regency Orlando is almost full. Check back next … Read moreAAHPM Week in Review: January 21-25, 2019
The Annual Assembly of Hospice and Palliative Care will be here before you know it, and we hope you’ll be joining us. Don’t forget to book your hotel, as rooms at the Hyatt Regency Orlando, where all the educational sessions will be held, are quickly filling up. Save up to 25% by registering by January … Read moreAAHPM Week in Review: January 14-18, 2019
We hope your new year is off to a great start. The Week in Review is back. Here’s a short recap of what’s been going on behind the scenes at AAHPM: The Annual Assembly of Hospice and Palliative Care – will you be there? Hotel rooms are quickly filling up (76% of capacity) and the … Read moreAAHPM Week in Review: January 7-11, 2019
The FDA named AAHPM Past President Amy Abernethy Principal Deputy Commissioner for Food and Drugs, overseeing offices that regulate drugs, medical devices, tobacco and food. She commented, “I had always thought I would go into government service and I have always believed that one of the ways you make change is through policy and regulation. … Read moreAAHPM Week in Review: December 17-21
This week AAHPM hosted two meetings that will have a lasting impact the field. The first one, the Palliative Care Quality Collaborative, focused on developing a new quality improvement organization that would house a unified national palliative care data registry. Representatives from CAPC, NPCRC, GPCQA and PCQN were in attendance. The second meeting included members … Read moreAAHPM Week in Review: December 10-14
There are a limited number of spots available for The National Coalition for Hospice and Palliative Care’s complimentary webinar on Mon., Dec. 17, 2:30 – 4 pm (ET) on the newly published National Consensus Project’s Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care, 4th ed. Registration closes December 14. The AAHPM Executive Committee met this week … Read moreAAHPM Week in Review: December 3-7
Thank you to everyone who participated in AAHPM’s Giving Tuesday event by donating, retweeting, liking and sharing social media posts. Your generosity help us surpass our goal of $10,000 – and donations continue to arrive. A special thank you to Past President Christian Sinclair whose enthusiasm and generous match per retweet inspired people to give and helped … Read moreAAHPM Week in Review: November 26-30
The Academy offices will be closed on Thursday, November 22 and Friday, November 23 for the Thanksgiving holiday. We hope you enjoy your time with family and friends during this season of thanksgiving. We have created a new Giving Center page webpage to make it easier for you to donate to AAHPM. Remember, your generous … Read moreAAHPM Week in Review: November 19-23
It was another busy week of representing hospice and palliative medicine at key meetings: Delegate Chad Kollas, Alternate Delegate Ron Crossno, and Young Physician Section Delegate Kyle Edmonds represented AAHPM at the American Medical Association House of Delegates Interim Meeting. They advocated for patients with serious illness in testimony to reference committees and worked with the Pain … Read moreAAHPM Week in Review: November 12-16