Alabama Hospice and Palliative Care Organization

Alabama Hospice and Palliative Care Organization AHPCO was founded to educate, advocate and promote excellence in hospice care throughout the state.

Victoria Barron: Survey Readiness and Compliance Issues Impacting HospicesVicki will describe the current survey and reg...
09/04/2026

Victoria Barron: Survey Readiness and Compliance Issues Impacting Hospices

Vicki will describe the current survey and regulatory environment impacting hospice agencies. and identify the top hospice survey findings impacting hospice agencies. In addition, she will describe survey readiness and compliance strategies that can be utilized by agencies to implement ongoing, organization-wide survey compliance.

About Victoria:

Victoria is a Registered Nurse with more than 40 years of nursing and healthcare experience including roles with home health, hospice, home care, and home infusion providers. Victoria has served as a Community Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP) site visitor, clinical consultant providing education and support to home health and hospice providers nationally, agency administrator, interim administrator, clinical director, direct care registered nurse and QAPI team member. As the Director of Clinical Education for CHAP, Victoria directs and engages in the planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of educational programs and activities and is the Program Director for CHAP’s American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Accredited Provider Program.

📣 ATTENTION, VENDORS! 📣🕺 Step Back in Time. Connect for the Future. 💿From bell-bottoms to big ideas, we’re celebrating i...
09/03/2026

📣 ATTENTION, VENDORS! 📣

🕺 Step Back in Time. Connect for the Future. 💿

From bell-bottoms to big ideas, we’re celebrating it all! Join us as a vendor at the 2026 Alabama Hospice & Palliative Care Organization Conference: Through the Decades! 🎶✨

This is your chance to:
📻 Connect with hospice and palliative care leaders
📺 Showcase your products, services, and solutions
💿 Build meaningful relationships across generations
🕶️ Be part of a conference that honors where we’ve been—and where care is headed next!

Secure your vendor spot today!

⏰ FRIENDLY REMINDER: Our special hotel rate ends September 14th! Make your reservations before the deadline and get ready to travel Through the Decades! 🎸🪩

We’ll see you there!

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

Rodney Tucker: Pearls of Communication in Palliative Care and Hospice: Five F’s, Goals of Care, and NURSEDr. Tucker will...
09/02/2026

Rodney Tucker: Pearls of Communication in Palliative Care and Hospice: Five F’s, Goals of Care, and NURSE

Dr. Tucker will introduce the concept of the Five F’s of patient decision making and participants will practice a simple three question “goals of care” conversation and incorporate “NURSE” statements in acknowledging emotion in tough conversations.

About Rodney:

Rodney O. Tucker, MD MMM graduated from medical school at UAB in 1989 and is board certified in Internal Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Medicine. After a career in private practice, home care and hospice, Dr. Tucker returned to UAB in 2002. Since then, he has been active in the development of a comprehensive clinical, educational and research program in palliative care, including the Southeast Institute for Innovation in Palliative and Supportive Care at UAB. Serving currently as the Director of the UAB Center for Palliative and Supportive Care, Dr. Tucker also completed his Masters in Medical Management at the University of Southern California in 2009.

He has been a member of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) and the Center for the Advancement of Palliative Care (CAPC) for two decades, having served in several leadership roles. He was the national President of AAHPM in 2020-2021 and has participated in the education and mentorship of over 300 fellow learners and health care systems. From 2013-2018, Dr. Tucker also served in the role of Chief Experience Officer for UAB Medicine. He also served as the Associate Director for Access, Belonging and Culture in the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center from 2022-2025 and is the lead organizer of the LGBTQ+ Faculty Association in the Heersink School of Medicine.

09/02/2026

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09/01/2026

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Welcome Wise Hospice Options, as a BOO YAH SPONSOR and hors d’oeuvre co-sponsor for Alabama Hospice and Palliative Car...
08/31/2026

Welcome Wise Hospice Options, as a BOO YAH SPONSOR and hors d’oeuvre co-sponsor for Alabama Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s Annual Meeting, October 14-16 at Gulf Shores!

Wise Hospice Options is family-owned, and our approach to pharmacy management is shaped by proximity to hospice, not distance from it.

‍We built Wise after years spent working in and around hospice medication workflows, where small delays create big disruptions.

That perspective goes back even further.

Healthcare was dinner-table conversation, shaped by family roots in community pharmacy and years spent learning the realities of hospice from insiders.

In 2003, we founded Wise Hospice Options to make hospice medication management clearer, faster, and easier to run, without forcing staff into generic workflows.

Welcome Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association, as a HIP SPONSOR for Alabama Hospice and Palliative Care Organizati...
08/28/2026

Welcome Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association, as a HIP SPONSOR for Alabama Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s Annual Meeting, October 14-16 at Gulf Shores!

The Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association Employer Partner Program was established to join forces with employers to support their nursing care teams through education and certification. Employers may participate through individual staff discounts or through an organizational participation. Benefits of the program include volume discounts on HPNA and Hospice and Palliative Credentialing Center products and services. To learn more, visit www.advancingexpertcare.org/EPP

Welcome Dragonfly Health as a Boo Yah Sponsor for the Alabama Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s Annual Meeting,...
08/27/2026

Welcome Dragonfly Health as a Boo Yah Sponsor for the Alabama Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s Annual Meeting, October 14-16 at Gulf Shores!

Whatever it takes.
Wherever it takes us.

It’s a new day in hospice and post-acute care. StateServ and Delta Care Rx have come together and emerged as Dragonfly Health. We are the leading care-at-home data, technology, and service platform, and the industry’s first scaled DME and pharmacy solution. We are furthering the quality of care and operational efficiencies by using advanced technology to manage DME and pharmacy together. Doing whatever it takes to provide the best solutions for all.

🏖️ Sun, sand, and learning—what could be better? 🌊Pack your flip-flops (and your business cards!) and join us in beautif...
08/26/2026

🏖️ Sun, sand, and learning—what could be better? 🌊

Pack your flip-flops (and your business cards!) and join us in beautiful Orange Beach for the 2026 AHPCO Annual Conference!

We're making waves this year with a new hotel, more time to relax and connect with colleagues, an incredible lineup of expert speakers, and amazing vendors. It's the perfect blend of professional growth, networking, and a little coastal refresh.

Don't let this opportunity drift away, register today and we'll see you at the beach! ☀️🌴

Remember our AHPCO hotel rate ends September 14!

Visit our website to register online: https://alhospice.org/annual-conference-registration-for-attendees/

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