Corporate Compliance
Hospice Education & Training 2015


December 15, 2015
Performance Improvement: Proven Practices for Meaningful Results
Power Point

October 27, 2015
Hitting the Mark! General Inpatient Care Eligibility, Documentation and Compliance
Power Point

October 20, 2015
Hospice CAHPS Updates
Power Point

September 10, 2015
Medicare University Hospice Billing: Timely Filing of the Notice of Election and Notice of Termination/Revocation
Power Point

September 3, 2015
HIPAA – HITECH Assessment for Healthcare Business Associates
Understand the new omnibus HIPAA requirements for business associates and implement the steps required to mitigate the risks to secure Protected Health Information (PHI) and comply.
Power Point

August 27, 2015
Countdown to ICD-10
Power Point

August 6, 2015
Medicare University Getting Ready for ICD-10
Power Point

August 5, 2015
How to Manage, Monitor and Mitigate Risks Using Risk Register
Power Point

July 14, 2015
Medical Records Retention Policies: What to Save; What to Destroy
Power Point

June 23, 2015
Standards of Hospice Practice
Power Point

June 17, 2015
Updates to the Hospice Item Set Manual V1.02
Power Point

June 16, 2015
Strategies for ICD-10 Appeal Success
Power Point

June 8, 2015
Getting Ready for ICD-10
Power Point
Scanned Attendance Sheet

June 2, 2015
New HIPAA Rules – Meeting Requirements for New Patient Rights and New Restrictions on Disclosures
Power Point

May 27, 2015
Medicare Hospice Billing 2015 & Beyond! – Part 3
Power Point

May 12, 2015
Medicare Hospice Billing 2015 & Beyond! – Part 2
Power Point
Medicare Secondary Payer Handout

May 6, 2015
Medicare Hospice Billing 2015 & Beyond! – Part 1
Power Point

May 6, 2015
MassHealth Hospice Provider Training Resource Guide
This webinar is a training resource guide for Mass Health Hospice Provider.
Power Point

April 28, 2015
Supporting Safe Passage: The Power of Advance Care Planning
At the end of the webinar participants will be able to recognize evidence supporting the value of advance care planning, describe artful ways to initiate discussions related to advance care planning, and define capacity to consent and advance directive forms.
Power Point
April 27, 2015
OCR HIPAA Audit Program 2015 and Beyond What We Know So Far
The webinar covered 2015 and beyond OCR audit program, requirements for HIPAA risk analysis, security risk analysis, privacy risk analysis, increasing risks for privacy and security non-compliance, and actions to reduce liabilities and risks.
Power Point

April 23, 2015
Compassion Fatigue: Managing Caregiver Stress
At the end of this webinar participants will be able to understand the difference between compassion fatigue and burn out, be aware of the warning signs of compassion fatigue, analyze the difference between selfishness and enlightened self interest, and develop strategies to manage compassion fatigue.
Power Point
Handout

April 22, 2015
Hospice Survey Readiness and Preparedness
This webinar covered readiness for the initial certification survey, recertification survey, complaint survey, revalidation survey, and post-survey revisit.
Power Point

April 9, 2015
Hospice Documentation for the IDT – The Big Picture
The objectives of this webinar were to discuss the impact of FY 2014 – 2015 hospice regulations on medical director/hospice physician role, discuss hospice responsibility related to terminal prognosis and review diagnosis coding in Hospice.
Power Point

April 2, 2015
J6 Hospice Nursing Documentation
The objectives of this webinar were to review the coverage requirements for the Medicare hospice benefit and provide information on nursing documentation to support terminal prognosis.
Power Point

March 31, 2015
Home Care Elite: The Road to Rapid Improvements in Quality Outcomes and Financial Management
This webinar covered what is Home Care Elite, why is Elite status important, the five domains of performance, operational process to achieve Elite, and strategies critical for sustainability.
Power Point

March 3, 2015
Hospice Patient Rights, Complaint Investigations and Response
Standard A, Notice of Rights, Hospice Patients Have the Right to: Receive effective pain management related to terminal illness, at initial assessment in advance of care, verbal and written notice of patient rights, language and manner that patient understands, advance directives, patient or representative’s signature, patient representative, verify legal authority to make health care decisions.
Power Point

February 26, 2015
Leading Practices to Improve Staff Compliance
This webinar identified 3 Reasons to Drive High Performance Compliance, essential areas of compliance, key tenants for effectively motivating staff compliance, and key measures to monitor compliance.
Power Point

February 18, 2015
Updates from CGS on Timely Filing of NOEs and Exception Requests
Power Point

February 17, 2015
CMS CERT & You: Understanding J6 Hospice CERT Denials
This webinar provided education about the Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) Program and J6 CERT hospice denials from the 2014 CERT reporting period.
Power Point

January 27, 2015
Ensuring a Compliant Hospice Admission: Determining Eligibility & Prognosis by National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
This Webinar provided guidance and strategies for hospice providers in determining eligibility and prognosis for terminally ill patients to ensure compliant hospice admissions. Faculty also discussed how Local Coverage Determinations (LCDs) for the hospice’s geographic area may be used as guidelines to help hospices determine and document hospice eligibility.
Audio Recording of Webinar – 90 Minutes
Handout

January 18-19, 2015
Creating the Future of Palliative Care a Virtual Event
This 2-day live streaming event (hosted by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization) highlights the foundations upon which community-based palliative care is provided.

January 22, 2015
The Medicare Hospice Benefit: What You Should Know About Eligibility and Elections
The webinar provided a basic understanding of the Medicare Hospice program including eligibility requirements, benefit periods, certification/recertification requirements, election requirements, pre-election evaluation and counseling service, discharge/revocation/transfers, and verifying eligibility.
Handout


Hospice Billing Scenarios: Prescription Drug and Infusion Pump Reporting
This webinar presented prescription drug and infusion pump billing requirements set forth by CMS by using HCPCS coding examples.
Handout

January 13, 2015
Gearing Up for Survey Readiness by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
This webinar reviewed the steps to take to become survey ready at any time, listed key CMS survey deficiencies and determine your organization's need to address potential deficiencies, and identified tools and resources to assist your organization in becoming survey ready at any time.
Power Point
Handout
Medicare Hospice COPs Compliance Guidelines for Hospice Providers
Medicare Hospice COPs Infection Control
Medicare Regulations for Hospice Care, Including the COPs for Hospice Care (72 pages)

January 7, 2015
Compliance Update 2015
This webinar provides an overview of the many compliance regulations and laws that Homecare Agencies must comply with, and know how to ensure that they are indeed compliant.
Handout