Hospice 101: Foundations of Medicare Hospice Eligibility

This insightful program will review Medicare eligibility requirements, the required hospice admission documentation, including both technical and clinical requirements, and address what qualifies a person for hospice. There will be a segment regarding key disease states facing hospice agencies today, and what clinical symptoms and conditions should be present and documented to support a primary diagnosis. The program will highlight key areas of payment denials agencies can avoid by understanding Medicare hospice eligibility.

For agencies in areas of enhanced or extended payment oversight (CA, NV, TX, AZ), this will be a great course to help your agency understand appropriate hospice admissions and how to document to support hospice eligibility. If you are new to hospice, this session will be a great investment in new staff and new agency owners. It will also serve as an excellent refresher course for all hospice staff.

This informative session will assist all new hospice staff, new agency owners, finance professionals, and clinical leadership with documentation challenges. It can be used to orient new hospice staff and as a great refresher course for hospice clinical staff, especially those identified by QA as requiring documentation support.