Be Ready for Your Hospice Survey is proudly presented to you by National Association for Home Care & Hospice. Thank you. We hope that you enjoy your course.
The IMPACT Act requires each Medicare-certified hospice to undergo a survey at least once every 36 months. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and state survey agencies have been gearing up to tackle the increase in surveys. Has your hospice been getting ready, too? The session will review CMS’s plans to implement the IMPACT Act and walk you through the hospice federal recertification survey process, including steps surveyors will take and the reports, forms, and documents hospices should have available at each of these steps. The session will also offer advice on how to handle concerns identified by surveyors and how to manage the survey process. For instance, what should a hospice be prepared to provide a surveyor during the entrance interview and how much time does the hospice have to supply the surveyor with information?
Objectives:
- Review CMS’s plans for implementing the IMPACT Act
- Discuss each step surveyors should take and how hospices are expected to respond from entrance interview to exit interview
- List the forms, reports, and documents hospices should have “at the ready” for CMS recertification surveys
- Share tips for handling concerns that arise during a survey
Faculty: Katie Wehri, CHC, CHPC, Hospice Operations Expert, National Association for Home Care & Hospice, Washington, DC
Continuing education credits are not available for this learning module.