Hospice Documentation Audits: Process & Best Practices

Posted on April 22, 2025

Date/Time: 04/22/2025, 3:00 pm

Provider: FHPCA

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Nobody looks forward to audits.

But if you think it’s important for leadership and staff who provide care to understand the critical elements of hospice documentation, identify the elements of a complete documentation audit, and achieve hospice documentation best practices, then this is the program you’ve waited for! Don’t miss this opportunity!

AFTER THIS WEBINAR YOU’LL BE ABLE TO:

Explain all areas where hospice documentation can impact an agency
Identify the five highest-ranking focus areas in hospice documentation
Understand the key elements of an effective hospice documentation audit tool
Expound upon the benefit of hospice documentation audit tools
Incorporate hospice documentation audit results into QAPI

WEBINAR DETAILS

This presentation will cover best practices for conducting an effective audit of hospice documentation, pinpointing the highest risk focus areas. It will present content that should appear on every hospice documentation audit tool to provide optimal documentation insight to risk areas. From technical to clinical requirements, this session will go step-by-step through an effective hospice documentation audit. You’ll learn how to identify risk areas to incorporate into performance improvement to avoid both survey and financial penalties for your agency.

With enhanced oversight, the special focus program, and pre- and post-payment ADRs, compliant hospice documentation is more critical than ever to meet Medicare eligibility requirements. If your agency has had any survey or ADR challenges related to hospice documentation, this webinar is for you.

THIS WEBINAR WILL BENEFIT THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES:

Hospice
Palliative Care

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This informative session is designed for clinical leadership, QA staff, compliance professionals, and clinical staff who provide care.

TAKE-AWAY TOOLKIT

Hospice documentation audit tool
Hospice GIP audit tool
CMS hospice documentation checklist
CMS suggestions for improved documentation
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

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.