All hospice providers can be expected to experience live discharges. This presentation will explore the five live discharges allowable under the Medicare Hospice Benefit. If your agency requires improvement with revocations, long length of stays, and burdensome transitions, this is the presentation for you!

AFTER THIS WEBINAR YOU’LL BE ABLE TO:

• Define the five allowable hospice live discharges per the Conditions of Participation
• Explain the benefits of the live discharge process
• Recommend which team members and timelines support best practices for live discharges
• Monitor provider live discharge patterns and trends and understand how they demonstrate the need for education and/or process improvement
• Identify changes to improve your agency’s hospice live discharge process

WEBINAR DETAILS: The rate of provider live discharges has increased steadily from 16% in FY 2020 to 19% in FY 2024. Within the Medicare Hospice Benefit, there are five allowable live discharges. This program will review the requirements for each, define the process, explain what documentation is required, and include best practices.

Certain live discharges can be more challenging and require an agency to have policy in place specific to that live discharge. The presenter will address what information live discharges can provide as it relates to overall performance and Medicare eligibility. Both provider performance and eligibility can impact hospice quality and reimbursement, therefore understanding live discharges and best practices is critical.

THIS WEBINAR WILL BENEFIT THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES: Hospice, Palliative Care

WHO SHOULD ATTEND? This informative session is designed for all leadership and strongly recommended for clinical management/supervisors, QA staff, CFOs, medical directors, intake coordinators, staff education RNs, assessment team members, MSWs, and administration professionals.

TAKE-AWAY TOOLKIT

• Hospice live discharges audit tool
• Training log
• PDF of slides and speaker’s contact info for follow-up questions
• Attendance certificate provided

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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 dual bachelor’s degrees in nursing and social work. She is currently CEO and founder of ALECC, Inc., which provides consulting, mentoring, and education to all post-acute care providers, with an emphasis in the hospice industry. She began healthcare work due to a disabled parent and later a child living with a chronic disease. Her passion is healthcare, experiencing it both professionally and personally.

Kathy has always been a trailblazer in healthcare. She helped develop pain scales to standardize assessment with the American Pain Society and the Joint Commission. She expanded into medical devices, 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 for the diabetic population. Currently, she has branched into YouTube to create a channel that will support colleagues and clinicians moving forward in healthcare.