Operations
Hospice in a Facility Training
The Medicare hospice regulations require that a hospice provider assure orientation of SNF/NF or ICF/MR staff furnishing care to hospice patients in the hospice philosophy, including hospice policies and procedures regarding methods of comfort, pain control, symptom management, as well as principles about death and dying, individual responses to death, patient rights, appropriate forms, and record keeping requirements.
NHPCO Member Resources
Hospice Provider/Nursing Facility Education Toolkit
NHPCO members can download the toolkit today as a benefit of membership. This toolkit has four (4) components that can be used together or separately when educating SNF/NF or ICF/MR staff. The toolkit contains the following:
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PowerPoint program (PowerPoint 97-2003 presentation)
- Approximately 30 minute presentation
- "Who's Responsible?" Informational Handout
- Hospice and facility responsibility matrix
- Joint responsibilities between the hospice and the facility
- Customizable handout with the hospice provider's information
- Patient Rights document
- § 418.112 Condition of participation: Hospice that provide hospice care to residents of a SNF/NF or ICF/MR document; regulatory text and interpretive guide lines
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Download the toolkit components:
- Hospice Condition of Participation and Interpretive Guidelines; 418.112 Hospices that provide hospice care to residents of a SNF/NF or ICF/MR (PDF)
- Hospice Provider/Nursing Facility Education Toolkit: Instructions
- Hospice Provider/Nursing Facility Education Toolkit: PowerPoint Presentation
- Hospice Provider/Nursing Facility Educational Toolkit: Who's Responsible Handout
- Hospice Provider/Nursing Facility Educational Toolkit: Coordination of Care Handout (Word document is customizable)
- Hospice Provider/Nursing Facility Educational Toolkit: Patient Rights
Staff Training
- NHPCO Member Resources
Reimbursement
- Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Resources
