2015 Annual Meeting & Exposition

Sessions Speakers Exhibitors Floor Plan Buzz

104: How to be Ready for Your Hospice Survey (Room Bayou CD)

28 Oct 15
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Tracks: Education Leadership Track, Educational Session, Hospice

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 surveyor(s) will take and the reports, forms and documents hospices should have available at each of these steps. The session will also aoffer advise on how to handle concerns identified by the surveyors and how to manage the survey process. For instance, what should a hospice be prepared to provide the surveyor during the entrance interview and how much time does the hospice have to supply surveyor with information.