Compliance for the Hospice Chaplain & Social Worker

The roles of hospice social workers and chaplains are often underutilized and misunderstood. With the increase in hospice oversight through either Targeted Probe and Educate (TPE) or state audits, documentation from both social workers and chaplains has become critical in supporting hospice eligibility and Medicare payment. This webinar will cover social work and spiritual care related regulations (which can be frustratingly vague), levels of licensing, assessment guidance, documentation, and how to stay involved when visits are refused. It will also provide suggestions and best practices for using assessments and plans of care as the basis for quality and compliant practices; review bereavement compliance requirements; explain how to strengthen documentation, including through IDG; and assess compliance challenges when social workers and chaplains are unable to make regular visits.

This informative session is created for directors of nursing, hospice clinical leadership, chaplains, social workers, quality assurance and performance improvement personnel, intake staff, bereavement coordinators, and medical directors.