ADLS Caregiver Hospice nursing Medicare 
Hospice Nurse Hero
MARCH 6, 2024
Furthermore, documenting decline is not only for ensuring quality care but also for meeting Medicare documentation requirements for hospice eligibility and recertification. I didn’t always understand how to chart for hospice. Requires assistance with ADLs. I’ll be honest. Patient alert and responsive.
Hospice Nurse Hero
JANUARY 26, 2022
Why Hospice Documentation Matters. First, like all nurses, hospice nurses are required to document ALL patient care. When you don’t document, Medicare doesn’t pay. Think of it this way, if Medicare repeatedly denies payment, then you might not get that raise you deserve. Hospice Charting Fundamentals.
Hospice News
OCTOBER 19, 2023
A lot of times we, unfortunately, had to eat a lot of the reimbursement because we had to switch them to a routine level of care, even if they were in our inpatient unit, while our social work team worked on placement issues or they worked on caregiver issues. They worked on things like that. It’s tremendously painful.
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