Compliance for the Hospice Nurse & Aide

Part 2 of this five-part compliance series will focus on the roles of hospice RNs and aides. With continued CMS oversight, documentation starting with the initial assessment, comprehensive assessments, and ongoing visits must support patient eligibility for hospice. This presentation will address common compliance and documentation challenges, how to address them, and how to document terminality. It will review the Medicare hospice benefit with a focus on eligibility and how to support eligibility through assessment, LCD utilization, documentation, IDT participation, using the four levels of care, and discharging patients when needed. You’ll also learn about high-risk admissions, what triggers audits, and how to avoid them.

This informative session is designed for executive leadership, COOs, CEOs, CFOs, board members, nursing leadership, clinical supervisors, staff nurses, RN coordinators and case managers, hospice aides, admission nurses, intake nurses, LVN/LPN staff, QA personnel, and all new clinical staff needing support with hospice eligibility, documentation, and onboarding.

- Maryellen, Visiting Nurse Service & Hospice of Suffolk Inc.

"We don't always know why we do the things we do. This webinar brought to light the reasons for this."

- Joan, HospiceCare/Kanawha Hospice Care