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Under the Radar Challenges for Hospice Nurses

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A great deal of time, effort and education goes into understanding clinical documentation requirements and hospice regulations, he indicated. Nurses receive ongoing training around the compliance standards and ways to ensure solid documentation. What were noticing right now is documentation and regulatory burden, Cox told Hospice News.

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How Hospices Can Avoid Pitfalls in AI Implementation

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Providers have increasingly sought methods for streamlining clinical teams administrative tasks, for instance, including time spent on documentation. Systems like AI can help hospices allocate the appropriate resources for patients changing needs as well as reduce redundancies in tasks like clinical documentation.

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Boosting Compliance Through Hospice Physician Engagement

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To improve compliance, physicians can be active participants in interdisciplinary team meetings and provide guidance to ensure that clinical documentation is complete, accurate and supports the patients plan of care and personal goals, according to Templeton. You can imagine how this improves the level and consistency of our documentation.

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Hospices Traverse the ‘New Twists’ in Increasingly Complex Auditing Processes

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Auditors are raising new questions around two common issues in hospices Medicare claims documentation supporting patient eligibility and the physician narrative. The COPs stipulate that the explanation is a brief statement and confirms the physicians documented narrative based on the patients medical record and assessment.

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Dr. Andrew Mayo: Hospice Leaders Face ‘Delicate Balance’ in Today’s Regulatory, Workforce Climate

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Hospices need to have internal processes to ensure compliant care delivery practices, including having robust quality assurance reviews and ongoing documentation review processes, Mayo indicated. More hospices are leveraging technology that helps to reduce documentation burdens on staff while also flagging errors.

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OIG: A Contingent of Hospices Did Not Comply with COVID PRF Rules

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As a result, hospices did not always use their PRF payments for expenses or lost revenues attributable to COVID-19 or maintain sufficient supporting documentation for costs that were allocated to their PRF payments.”

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Proposed Attestation Requirement Could Lead to Hospice Payment Clawbacks

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Many of these audits focus on questions of patient eligibility, with documentation at the heart of the issue. Even if a patient is bonafide eligible for hospice care, contractors can deny claims based on virtually any documentation omissions or errors.

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