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Education paves way for hospice support
Establishing a relationship with a nursing home is not an easy task, especially because the staff members of both organizations don't necessarily understand how the other works. -
Are you taking advantage of nursing home opportunities?
Of the 1.4 million Americans receiving hospice care, 319,200 reside in nursing homes. -
Written agreements set clear delineation of duties
One of the challenges to providing hospice care in a nursing home is identifying all of the regulations that govern each organization and, in some cases, might conflict with each other. -
With new COPs, visit tracking in 2008, could payment changes be on horizon?
Starting next month, hospices will have to report to Medicare all nursing, hospice aide, and social worker visits made for patients. Then a few months later, the new conditions of participation (COPs) will be finalized, which will require greater attention to documentation of services and quality.