Alabama Hospice and Palliative Care Organization

Step into the future by celebrating the past! Join us as a vendor at the 2026 Alabama Hospice & Palliative Care Organization Conference, themed Through the Decades. This is your opportunity to connect with leaders in hospice and palliative care, showcase your solutions, and be part of meaningful conversations that span generations of care. Secure your spot today!

Link to online fillable forms:https://alhospice.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2026-Vendor-Brochure-FORM.pdf

If you are in need of quality education for your staff, make sure to check out Hospice & Home Care Webinar Network.

Your electronic records are everywhere. Your policies cannot afford to be.
If your records live everywhere, your compliance strategy needs to reach everywhere.
Join Hospice & Homecare Webinar Network for Electronic Business Records: Seven Steps for Effective & Compliant Management.
This timely session will cover how to bring order, consistency, and legal defensibility to electronic business records across email, EHR-related communication, AI-generated content, social media, mobile messages, Zoom and Teams chats, apps, texting, instant messaging, and web activity.

Register here: https://fin-ed.info/4u2dGMI

In honor of CNA week we would love to hear about the all star aides out there across the state! Give you fave(s) a shout out in the comments below!

📣IT'S CNA WEEK!!!! 🎉

Alabama Hospice and Palliative Care Organization would like to take the time to say a huge "Thank You!!" to all of the Hospice Aides taking amazing care of Hospice patient's and their families across the state!

The care, comfort, and dignity you provide to patients every visit does not go unnoticed. CNAs are often the backbone of a solid hospice care team and we honor your work this week (and every week)!

National Alliance for Care at Home is asking for advocacy help for Gerald's Law (H.R. 7199 / S. 3898).

From NACH:
"Gerald’s Law (H.R. 7199 / S. 3898) is proposed federal legislation, in both the House and Senate, designed to ensure that U.S. veterans receiving Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)-furnished hospice care at home are fully eligible for the burial and funeral benefits they have earned. While Congress temporarily addressed this issue through a pilot program running from July 2025-September 2026, those protections are time-limited. The proposed legislation would allow continued benefits through 2030. Without action, families could once again lose access to the burial and funeral benefits veterans have earned—solely because of where their loved one received care. Gerald’s Law closes this gap, protecting veterans’ rights and preserving their dignity at the end of life by ensuring equal benefit access regardless of where hospice care is delivered."

Utilize the link below to submit letters to our Alabama Senators and Representative.

Help Protect Veterans' Burial Benefits Gerald's Law H.R. 7166

Palmetto GBA has released a module to help agencies in need of refreshers on billing Occurance Code (OC) 27, Occurrence Span Code (OSC) 77, and late recertifications. Check out the link below to access the module.

Palmetto GBA

Palmetto GBA is hosting a webinar on Hospice Notice of Election on June 18th. This webinar will cover Eligibility Checks, NOE Overview, the NOE Exception Process, and Frequently Ask Questions.

Webinar link for information and registration: https://palmettogba.com/jmhhh/did/evw67a805btdq10618?cat=jmhhh-events-and-education

PEPPER Reports are back. CMS has provided guidance on how to download your agency's 2025 PEPPER Report. A webinar is available on June 24th at 1pmET/12pmCT for more information.

Use the article link for PEPPER resources and the webinar registration link.

MLN Connects Newsletter for June 4, 2026 | CMS NewsFederal Rule Takes Aim at Health Care Bure

Palmetto GBA has released an article regarding the need for Hospices to ensure they are reporting live discharges and revocations within 5 days.

Check out the article for more information.

Palmetto GBA

During Pride Month, we recognize the importance of providing compassionate, inclusive care for every patient and family we serve.

We encourage healthcare professionals to further their education on the unique needs, experiences, and challenges faced by LGBTQ+ individuals in hospice and palliative care. Through understanding and education, we can help ensure dignity, respect, and person-centered care for all.