Medicare Compliance Series: Hospice Medical Directors, Physicians, NPs, PAs & IDT/IDG
February 4, 2025
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DateFeb 4, 2025Duration90 minutes
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02:00 PM CST03:00 PM EST
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Has your agency experienced any Medicare recoupment related to CTIs, physician narratives, or face-to-face (F2F) encounters?
This presentation will review
how to use the LCDs to qualify both initial and ongoing hospice eligibility.
You’ll learn about how to document and complete a proper F2F that supports
decline and terminality. This webinar will especially benefit those new to
their role as hospice medical director.
AFTER THIS
WEBINAR YOU’LL BE ABLE TO:
- Identify current regulatory guidelines related to medical directors, physicians, NPs, PAs, and IDTs
- Define the physician certification of terminal illness (CTI) narrative components
- Discuss how to avoid common CTI errors
- Realize the value in utilizing local coverage determinations (LCDs) in assessment, congruent documentation, and eligibility
- Distinguish the technical versus clinical requirements of medical hospice eligibility
WEBINAR DETAILS
Part 1 of this five-part Medicare compliance series
covers the hospice medical director, physician member of the IDG, and NP/PA. It
will address the regulations, recent regulatory clarifications, who can certify
terminally ill patients, and the role within the IDT/IDG. Both technical and
clinical requirements for Medicare hospice eligibility will be reviewed as well
as documentation to support both eligibility and ongoing terminality, including
the physician narrative and F2F. All hospice medical directors, hospice
physicians, NPs/PAs, and directors should attend this detailed webinar
discussing roles, responsibilities, and complying with the regulations.
THIS WEBINAR WILL BENEFIT THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES:
- Hospice
- Palliative Care
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This informative session
is designed for all medical directors, hospice physicians, NPs, PAs, and executive
and clinical leadership of the hospice agency and team. It is recommended that
staff, including QA, intake, marketing, key IDT members, and directors, attend
this webinar to understand the robust role of the medical director and the key
elements needed to support Medicare hospice eligibility.
TAKE-AWAY TOOLKIT
- Sample medical director service agreement, job description, and evaluation
- MD, NP, and PA billing guidelines
- Medicare LCD guidelines
- Weblinks to hospice electronic CoPs and other valuable websites
- 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 agencies or those not employed by your
agency is prohibited. Print materials may be copied for eligible participants
only.
Presented By
ALECC, Inc.
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