Part 2 of this two-part package will break down the five types of hospice live discharges and provide details regarding eligibility, documentation, discharge planning, and the care continuum. All aspects will be discussed to ensure agencies maintain compliance and prevent burdensome transitions that impact quality scores.

WEBINAR DETAILS

The hospice live discharge process is complex to understand and undertake. Due to length of stay and eligibility dilemmas, one in five patients could face an unexpected live discharge, with even higher chances for those with non-cancer diagnoses or for patients in for-profit hospices. This webinar will help staff differentiate between revocations and hospice-driven discharges. Ongoing eligibility, the live discharge process, discharge planning, avoiding burdensome transitions, and supporting the continuum of care will be reviewed. The session will educate staff about the live discharge process from beginning to end, including handling appeals, which occur frequently with long length-of-stay patients.

With increased CMS scrutiny, the Live Discharges: How, When & Why Package will answer frequently asked questions about when to live discharge, the impact on Medicare CAPs, reports to review, and how to avoid burdensome live discharges, which are detrimental to your agency’s HCI score.

AFTER THIS WEBINAR YOU’LL BE ABLE TO:

• Train staff to know the difference between patient- and hospice-driven live discharges
• Review the need for ongoing hospice eligibility assessment
• Avoid burdensome transitions with live discharges
• Utilize PEPPER reports, including the live discharge data that draws the government’s gaze

THIS WEBINAR WILL BENEFIT THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES: Hospice

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?  This informative session is designed for leadership and strongly recommended for clinical managers and supervisors, quality assurance staff, CFOs, medical directors, intake coordinators, staff education RNs, assessment teams, MSWs, and administrators. 

TAKE-AWAY TOOLKIT

• Hospice PEPPER User’s Guide: Twelfth Edition
• Valuable links to websites and additional tools, including:
• Hospice Medicare Billing Codes Sheet
• Training log
• PDF of slides and speaker’s contact info for follow-up questions

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.

MEET THE PRESENTER:  Kathy Ahearn, RN, BSN, PHN, ALECC, Inc.

Kathy Ahearn has a Bachelor’s in both Nursing and Social Work and is the CEO and Founder of ALECC, Inc. ALECC provides years of post-acute care experience, ranging from clinical staff to executive leadership and consulting. Kathy provides a unique ability to identify agency challenges and opportunities, quickly providing education, support, and mentoring to organizations, guiding them to a new level of operation and success.

Kathy helped develop pain scales to standardize assessment with the American Pain Society and the Joint Commission. She expanded into medical devices as a Managed Care Director developing one of the first real-time cloud-based disease specific software programs to assist patients, clinicians, and managed care organizations to improve outcomes and collect data.

Kathy began healthcare work due to a disabled parent and later a child living with chronic disease state. She has experienced healthcare professionally and personally, dedicating her life to it and to working as a change agent for the betterment of all served.

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