Hospice & Nursing Home Partnerships: Balancing Regulation with Quality

Posted on July 25, 2017

Date/Time: 07/25/2017, 9:00 am - 4:30 pm

Provider: FHPCA

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Tuesday, July 25, 2017

9:00 am – 10:30 am HST
11:00 am – 12:30 pm AKT
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm PT
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm MT
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm CT
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm ET

Successful, collaborative partnerships between skilled nursing facilities and hospice providers represent an important and powerful presence in post-acute care. Together their efforts in care and service delivery result in cost savings and decreased re-hospitalizations. More importantly, these efforts result in terminally ill people experiencing quality, compassionate end-of-life care. This webinar will explore the benefits of hospice and skilled nursing facility partnerships, explain the interface necessary between the hospice and skilled nursing facility teams, and provide operational guidance for regulatory compliance.

HIGHLIGHTS

Regulations for the interface between hospice and nursing home providers
Operational guidance in meeting regulatory requirements
Identifying potential partnership communication and compliance issues
Benefits of partnering with hospice

TAKE-AWAY TOOLKIT
- Department of Health and Human Services memorandum titled, “Promising Practices for Implementing the Medicare Hospice Benefit for Nursing Home (NH) Residents”

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WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This informative session is designed for hospice CEOs, administrators, CFOs, compliance officers, clinical directors, and quality improvement staff.

MEET THE PRESENTER

Pat Skogen, RN
Pathway Health

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