New Hospice Conditions of Participation: What You Need to Know
Dana Health Education Center (click for directions)
Maine Medical Center, Portland Maine
August 19, 2008, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Heather Wilson, of Weatherbee Resources will be presenting the "New Conditions of Participation: What You Need to Know" adapted from Weatherbee's "Hospice Regulatory Boot Camp" and its online product "CoP by CoP." This program is designed to provide participants with an understanding of the new hospice regulations and suggestions for what they need to do to get ready. Who should attend? All hospice employees Hospice medical directors Palliative Care program managers Hospice managers Regulatory agencies (Medicare / Mainecare / DHHS / BES) Discharge planners Social workers and representatives from any other referral source
Program Objectives - Participants will be able to describe the current status of the new regulations and the compliance deadlines.
- Participants will detail the connections between initial and comprehensive assessments, the plan of care and the hospice’s QAPI program
- Participants will explain the most significant differences between the old and the new regulations.
Agenda | 8:00 a.m. | Registration | | 8:30 | Introduction to the New Conditions of Participation | | 9:15 | The Patient Care CoPs: Patient Rights, Initial and Comprehensive
Assessment of the Patient, IDG Care Planning and Coordination of Services | | 10:30 | Break | | 10:45 | Patient Care CoPs (cont'd) -- Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement, Core Services, Hospice Aides and Volunteers | | Noon | Lunch | | 1:00 | The Organizational Environment CoPs – Organization of Services, Clinical Records and Medical Director | | 2:00 | Break | | 2:15 | The Organizational Environment CoPs (cont’d) –Personnel Qualifications, Short Term Inpatient Care, Providing Hospice to Residents of a SNF | | 4:00 | Questions/ Closing/Evaluations |
PARKING - Please note that there are two free parking lots for participants of this event -- the Congress Street Parking Garage which is attached to the Maine Medical Center via cross-walk, and the large visitor parking lot next to the Dana Center. Both site have lots of spaces, but will require a few minutes of walking to get to the Dana Center either indoors -- through the MMC campus -- or outdoor across the parking lot. Please allow time for parking. | Continuing Education Click here for accreditation updates |
