Hospice 101: Foundations of Medicare Hospice Eligibility

Hospice Palliative Care Professional Development

On-Demand Webinar

StreamedJan 14, 2025Duration90 minutes

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Take-away toolkit
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Does Medicare hospice eligibility have the makings of a mystery?

Well, no more guessing! Hospice 101 will take participants through the hospice process, identifying appropriate hospice admissions with an emphasis on Medicare eligibility requirements. It will cover the qualifications and documentation needed to support an admission. Turn “mystery” into memory as you learn the ins and outs.

AFTER THIS WEBINAR YOU’LL BE ABLE TO:

Define both technical and clinical Medicare hospice eligibility requirements
Explain what is required on the Election of Benefits and Patient Notification of Hospice Non-Covered Items, Services, and Drugs
Identify critical documentation an agency should acquire to support a Medicare hospice admission
Describe how to use LCD guidelines to determine a qualifying hospice diagnosis
Understand what constitutes a problematic hospice admission

WEBINAR DETAILS

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 WEBINAR WILL BENEFIT THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES:

Hospice
Palliative Care

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

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.

TAKE-AWAY TOOLKIT

Model Hospice Election Statement and Addendum example
Medicare LCD guidelines
Disease specific guidelines
Valuable links to CMS and other tools
Training log
PDF of slides and speaker’s contact info for follow-up questions
Attendance certificate provided, however there are no pre-approved CEs associated with this webinar

NOTE: All materials are subject to copyright. Transmission, retransmission, or republishing of any webinar to other institutions or those not employed by your institution is prohibited. Print materials may be copied for eligible participants only.

Testimonials

"All clinical staff that are new to hospice need to listen to this webinar. The LCDS are essential to hospice documentation."

-Sharron, Riverside Health System