This is an “Ounce of Prevention” that is needed by all organizations. Please join SMART Healthcare Compliance Resources, LLC presenter Lista L. Clark, BSN, RN, Senior Hospice Clinical Consultant for this timely and informative training session, including recent regulatory updates.

Over the past 5 years, greater scrutiny of the hospice program by the OIG has resulted in multiple investigative audits of hospices nationwide, identifying improper payments, ineligible admissions and recertifications, and very concerning trends of poor quality of care practices and noncompliance with the CoPs.

Make no mistake about it, the Hospice honeymoon period has come and gone regarding the trust level that CMS has in our provision and documentation of hospice services. At SMART HCR, we continue to assist many hospices dealing with harsh survey deficiencies, TPE and medical review audits that are costing hundreds of thousands of dollars and years of time through the appeals process

There has not been a time since the inception of the Medicare Hospice benefit in 1983 that the Landscape has changed and is changing so significantly. Randy Forrest is Co-Founder of SMART Healthcare Compliance Resources, Inc. The level of scrutiny from CMS and its various contractors is relentless. Well established hospices as well as new hospices are having their billing for hospice services scrutinized with ADR’s coming from multiple sources and involving both pre-payment and post-payment claims. The SMART team commits significant resources to assisting hospice clients navigate the ADR process and has clinical compliance services developed to assist hospice stakeholders and management to be prepared for successful defense of their billed services. This training is designed to provide practical best practice guidance and get hospice providers up to date with the changes that are consistently impacting the industry.