Description:
It is critical that hospices ensure that all technical requirements are met. Non-compliance can result in significant payment penalties. Joy Barry reviews the requirements for eligibility-related documents such as the Notice of Election, Initial Certification of Terminal Illness, Recertificationof Terminal Illness (Physician Narrative Statement and Face-To-Face Encounter) and their required timeframes.

Objectives:

• List the required technical components of the medical record.
• Cite the required timeframes associated with executing technical eligibility-related documents.
• State the outcome for non-compliance.

*** Hospice Education Network is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Massachusetts Association of Registered Nurses, Inc., an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

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