HCI Scoring & Developing PIPs Part 1: GIP/Continuous Care, Gaps in SN Visits, SN Care Minutes per RHC Day, SN Minutes on Weekends & Visits Near Death
Posted on March 7, 2023
Date/Time: 03/07/2023, 12:00 am
Provider: FHPCA
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Looking to improve your agency’s Hospice Care Index (HCI) score?
Learn to monitor and manage the HCI indicators to maximize care, save money, and prevent potential fraud! Part 1 of this two-part series will tackle five of the 10 indicators and provide practical yet efficient performance improvement projects to fast track your progress.
AFTER THIS WEBINAR YOU’LL BE ABLE TO:
Identify the Hospice Care Index indicators
Explain the QAPI program’s role in outcome improvements
Assess your agency’s performance for each indicator
Establish best practices for each HCI
Implement process changes to improve your HCI score
CMS has established 10 quality indicators known as the Hospice Care Index. Each indicator is assigned a score if your agency achieves higher than the threshold. Agency scores are publicly reported for all to review and compare across the nation – including referral sources and patients. The Scoring & Developing PIPs Package reviews how to use your QAPI program to drive desirable HCI outcomes.
Part 1 of this two-part series will focus on how to assess, plan, and implement changes through Performance Improvement Projects (PIPs) based on best practices for the following HCI indicators: Continuous Home Care (CHC) or General Inpatient Provided (GIP), Gaps in Skilled Nursing Visits, Skilled Nursing Care Minutes per RHC Day, Skilled Nursing Minutes on Weekends, and Visits Near Death.
THIS WEBINAR WILL BENEFIT THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES:
Hospice
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This informative session is designed for leadership, QAPI staff, clinical staff, administrators, directors, and nurses.
TAKE-AWAY TOOLKIT
PIP charter sample
PIP documentation sheet
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
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