Course Code: REL-PAC-0-AHLD
Hours: 1
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2025
Learning Objectives:
Recall at least three ways hospice care may end and the required steps for each.
Identify at least three possible implications of ending hospice care prior to death.
Recognize areas of regulatory scrutiny related to ending hospice care.
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: Quality End-of-Life Care
A Good Death
A Focused Review of the Medicare Hospice Benefit
Transitioning from Hospice
Review
Summary
Section 3: Hospice-Initiated Discharge
Mr. Perez
No Longer Terminally Ill
Discharge Planning
Mr. Robinson
Out of the Service Area
Mrs. Vinson
Discharge for Cause
Discharge Order
The Effects of Discharge
Beneficiary Notices
Filing a Notice of Termination of Election
Discharge Summary
Review
Summary
Section 4: New Decisions
Patient Choices
Ms. Simpson
Revoking the Hospice Election
The Effects of Revocation
What Do You Think?
Mr. Greenberg
Transfer or Change of Designated Hospice
Actions by Each Hospice
The Effects of Transfer
Review
Summary
Section 5: Regulatory and Payment-Related Scrutiny
Questionable Discharge Practices
PEPPER
The Hospice Quality Reporting Program
Review
Summary
Section 6: Conclusion
Course Summary
Course Contributor
Resources
References
Subject Matter Expert: Susan Heinzerling, BSN, RN, CHPN
Susan Heinzerling earned a Bachelor of Science in biology and a Bachelor of Science in nursing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as well as a Master of Life Sciences in physiology from North Carolina State University. She became a doctoral candidate in immunology at the University of South Alabama. Her research experiences in the biomedical sciences led to an interest in evidence-based practices. Ms. Heinzerling began her nursing career as a medical/surgical nurse. Patients in acute care with multiple chronic conditions and repeated hospitalizations inspired her practice of hospice nursing. She has worked as a hospice admissions nurse and a hospice RN case manager in both a large urban setting and a rural community.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Nursing Personnel; in the following settings: Hospice.
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Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.