Effective IDGs & Plans of Care: Updates to Meet Regulatory Requirements

An effective IDG fosters patient-centered care by involving a team of professionals who collaborate to meet the medical, psychosocial, emotional, and spiritual needs of hospice patients and their families. This collaborative approach ensures a comprehensive, holistic plan of care is developed and implemented.

The plan of care continues to be a key area of focus and challenge for agencies with surveys and financial audits. This presentation will explain how to conduct an effective IDG that impacts the individualized patient plan of care. It will review key IDG elements, including care planning, team communication, patient documentation, continuous assessment, coordination of care, and scope of services. The recommended best practices to conduct an effective IDG will be outlined to provide a structured, scheduled, and formatted IDG that meets the hospice requirements, including supporting patient eligibility. If your agency has struggled with POC survey or ADR challenges, and/or IDG team participation challenges, this will be an excellent presentation to attend.

This informative session is best suited for hospice clinical leadership, including medical directors and hospice physicians, NPs, DOPCSs, RN case managers, QA staff, hospice admission nurses, hospice staff nurses, MSWs, chaplains, volunteers, intake personnel, and staff who attend IDG meetings.