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ProMedica Scales Down Operations; New Inpatient Facilities Open at Beacon Hospice, Holy Name Medical Center, The Hansen House

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“As a result of the upcoming divestiture of the majority of its home health and hospice business and ongoing financial challenges, ProMedica Employment Services II has made the difficult decision to reduce the workforce at its home health agency in Sylvania, Ohio,” Cates stated in the letter.

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How To Paint the Picture:10 Better Words to Chart

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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. When I started as a hospice nurse, I struggled with the concept of “negative” charting.

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Hospice Documentation What You Need to Know

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Why Hospice Documentation Matters. First, like all nurses, hospice nurses are required to document ALL patient care. Related Article: 3 Common Mistakes Hospice Nurses Make and How to Avoid Them. Hospice Charting Fundamentals. These scales are just one way to document hospice eligibility and changes.

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Cracking the Code: 4 Steps to Better Nursing Notes

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As a hospice nurse, you understand the importance of accurate, detailed documentation. However, composing hospice narrative notes can be challenging and leave you feeling frustrated. What if I told you there’s a simple way to compose nursing notes? Hospice notes are long and complicated. Well, there is! No problem!

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HSPN ELEVATE: The Common Thread Linking Documentation, Satisfaction, and Revenue Protection

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There are things that I think CMS can look at and fix and do it fairly quickly that would alleviate some of the burden that’s put on these hospice providers. The net of it is that the folks that are running hospice and palliative care, they have so much on their plate regulatory-wise. It’s an administrative burden.

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