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Ward Off Hospice Surveys By Helping SNF Partners

Published on Fri Jan 08, 2010

SNF patients on hospice are a trouble spot for both providers. You may find your relationships with your skilled nursing facility partners coming to an abrupt end if their hospice patients bring them a truckload of survey trouble. The HHS Office of Inspector General found that 82 percent of all hospice claims for nursing home residents failed to meet at least one Medicare requirement, according to a recent report. These included "failure to meet care planning requirements, or providing fewer services than set forth in the plan of care," says attorney Mary Michal, with Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren in Madison, Wis. This report sheds light on obvious problems hospices can have with their own surveys. But it also could put your nursing home relationships in danger. The F309 interpretive guidance for SNFs talks about nursing homes coordinating care with the hospice and having a coordinated plan of care, says attorney [...]
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