Individualizing Each Hospice Plan of Care

An individualized plan of care basic to hospice coverage criteria. 

Check out this excerpt from the Medicare Benefit Policy Manual Chapter 9, section 40 - Benefit Coverage:

All services provided by the hospice must be in accordance with a patient’s individualized plan of care that is established and updated by the hospice interdisciplinary group, in consultation with the patient’s attending physician (if any). The individualized plan of care is a continually evolving document. As such, Medicare expects the plan of care to be initiated based upon the information gathered in the patient’s initial assessment, and the plan of care will be expanded upon, as appropriate, based on the information that is gathered during the comprehensive assessment.

This webinar, recorded for CHAPCA in June 2024, explores how to ensure your patient plan-of-care is individualized as required by CMS. Use it as an instantly available in-service for your staff or pass it around your agency so the entire IDG is one the same page and medical reviewers can easily see your evidence that the patient qualifies for hospice services and the plan of care truly guides each patient's care.