High Peaks Hospice

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Ann Merkel and some of the group of original High Peaks Hospice founders gathered to create a video to document the story of High Peaks Hospice’s beginnings. That year Medicare determined that dying was no longer a diagnosis that warranted a hospital admission. In 1982 Medicare authorized reimbursement for hospice care.

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1-800-HOSPICE

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Medicare Policies. Medicare and most other insurances require that people not receive cure-oriented care while in hospice. In end-of-life care, it’s a common phenomenon that doctors will document telling patients they are approaching end of life while patients say they never had that conversation. Doctors and Facilities.

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Hospice of the North Coast

AUGUST 25, 2023

Hospice services are adaptable, available either at home or specialized facilities, and can be funded through various means, including Medicare/Medicaid and private insurance. Even if a patient survives beyond the initial six-month prognosis, Medicare can continue covering care as long as the doctor certifies their eligibility.

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High Peaks Hospice

JUNE 27, 2023

Maintains documentation of social work services in patients’ medical records according to agency policy. Knowledge of family and group treatment, community resources, and the dynamics of terminal illness, grief, and bereavement. Participates in IDT meetings. Hospice experience and/or equivalent education is preferred.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

This was actually a bereaved person, and they said that because their person had planted those tulips it reminded them constantly of them. There’s not even a place in most medical records to document that. What were your impressions of that document? It’s a beautiful document. So I think it all starts there.

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High Peaks Hospice

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Maintains documentation of social work services in patient’s medical records according to agency policy. ? Knowledge of family and group treatment, community resources and the dynamics of terminal illness, grief, and bereavement. Participates in IDT meetings. ? Hospice experience and/or equivalent education is preferred.

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Home Care Pulse

JULY 25, 2023

Do you have questions that keep you up at night about your current volunteer program? Questions such as: Why did the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) mandate volunteer involvement in hospice as a condition of participation in the Medicare Hospice Benefit? Module 7: Grief, Loss, and Bereavement.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

When you provide care at the nursing home, you must follow the regulatory standards of the SNF, Medicare, and your agency. Fewer hospitalizations and ER visits Better symptom management Additional support/education for the family Bereavement support for the family Decreased pain at the end-of-life. Maintain Proper Documentation.

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GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

We have to do our assessment, our documentation, all of the things that we need to do from providing good care and then also from a regulatory and to be filling the roles that we’re there providing, and, frankly, what we’re being reimbursed for. It’s a story, and the story likes to be told again and again.

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