Although the importance of coding in Hospice took on such an important role about 5 years ago, many Hospice agencies are still unsure about the coding guidelines for hospice.

The FY2020 ICD-CM final code set includes 273 new, 30 revised and 21 deleted codes as well as 98 Tabular Instruction changes

This session will focus on a review of the coding guidelines for hospice. In addition, we will also review the October 2019 coding updates, focusing on changes and challenging coding regulations.

This webinar will review practical tips for ensuring your patients’ medication regimens are optimal for seriously ill patients. We will review medication selection, identifying nonessential medications, and how to safely discontinue medications for seriously ill patients. This program will also address formulary medication selection for seriously ill patients with commonly occurring symptoms. Lastly, we review the concept of "relatedness" as patients transition to the hospice benefit.
Objectives:
-Examine medication appropriateness and rational prescribing
-Identify medications that are appropriate for cost-effective symptom management
-Review common classes of non-essential medications and how to safely discontinue them
-Determine hospice drug coverage when given patient-specific information, including diagnosis codes and terminal prognosis

Branch Offices/Multiple Locations and Corporate Entities: Survey Implications for Home Health and Hospices

There has been an increase in survey deficiencies in both home health and hospice related to branch offices/multiple locations and how operations are handled. There are also increased survey deficiencies related to how home health agencies and hospices with corporate entities, whether large or small, are handling daily operations. These deficiencies are often at the condition level and come as a surprise to the provider as many have been operating in much the same way for years without deficiencies. This webinar will review the practices that are causing the deficiencies, why they are now being viewed as a deficient practice, and how to revise practices to minimize the risk of survey deficiencies. Examples from actual surveys will be shared.

Preparing for an Initial or Renewal Hospice Accreditation Survey

Join Clinical Compliance Educator, Lisa Meadows, as she discusses preparing for an initial or renewal hospice accreditation survey.

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ACHC Top Hospice Survey Deficiencies

Join Clinical Compliance Educator, Lisa Meadows, as she goes over the ACHC Top Hopsice Survey Deficiencies.

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Preparing for Initial Hospice Medicare Certification Survey

Join Clinical Compliance Educator, Lisa Meadows, as she discusses preparing for survey for Initial Hospice Medicare Certification.

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After Survey: Developing a Plan of Correction for Hospice

Join Lisa Meadows as she discusses Developing a Plac of Correction (POC) after your  ACHC Hospice survey.

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The Role of Volunteers in Hospice

This presentation will review the regulatory requirements for the utilization of volunteers in hospice programs as well as discuss tips for survey readiness.

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Hospice - Where We Are and Where We're Headed
This webinar summarizes some of the proposed changes in the FY2019 Hospice Proposed Rule including payment and hospice quality reporting program updates. We delve into not just the FY2019 and recent Hospice Rules but also CMS comments, as well as those of MedPAC, and recent activities outside of hospice but impacting hospices related to payment and quality reporting. We analyze this information and provide insight into what this means, as a whole, for the future of hospice and what hospices should be doing to prepare for the future. The standardized assessment tool, HEART, and hospice payment data, and the focus of CMS going forward will be discussed.

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