Strengthen confidence in recertification decisions with clear guidance, collaboration strategies, and compliance insight. Hospice Medicare eligibility continues to challenge agencies as patients experience longer stays and gradual declines. This webinar will provide practical tools for collaboration between hospice teams, medical directors, and hospice physicians to ensure documentation accurately supports terminal eligibility. You will gain actionable strategies to reinforce sound clinical judgment and strengthen interdisciplinary support in the recertification process.

KEY WEBINAR TAKEAWAYS

• ·     Role of baseline assessment and comparatives in supporting collaboration and best practices
• ·     Key clinical documentation to support collaboration and best practices
• ·     Key information to share during IDG to support medical director collaboration
• ·     Critical data to review prior to IDG

BONUS MATERIALS  

• CMS Hospice Documentation Checklist Tool
• ·     Hospice Documentation Audit Checklist
• ·     LCD Guidelines
• ·     Suggestions for Improved Documentation

WEBINAR DETAILS:  Hospice Medicare eligibility and supporting terminality is critical. Hospice agencies are frequently under pressure for long length of stays — slow, steady patient declines reflecting more a chronic disease state than terminal. This webinar is intended to help agencies develop tools and best practices to collaborate and support appropriate hospice recertifications, including documentation. We will discuss how hospice team members can help support medical directors and hospice team physicians to determine whether to recertify.

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

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

• Medical directors/hospice physicians
• Director of patient care services
• Clinical supervisors/case managers
• Core hospice team members of the IDG (Social Work, Spiritual Care)
• QA/Educators