Compliance for Hospice Social Workers & Chaplains

Compliance for Hospice Social Workers & Chaplains

Katie Wehri, CHPC Director of Operations Consulting Healthcare Provider Solutions, Inc. info@

September 2018

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Sponsors

? Alabama Hospice & Palliative Care Organization

? Minnesota Network of Hospice & Palliative Care

? Alaska Home Care & Hospice Association

? Home Care & Hospice Association of NJ

? Arizona Hospice & Palliative Care Organization

? Hospice & Palliative Care Association of New York State

? Arizona Association for Home Care

? New Mexico Association for Home & Hospice Care

? Hospice & Palliative Care Association of Arkansas

? Association for Home & Hospice Care of North Carolina

? Florida Hospice & Palliative Care Association

? Oklahoma Hospice & Palliative Care Association

? Georgia Hospice & Palliative Care Organization

? Oregon Hospice Association

? Kokua Mau ? Hawaii Hospice and Palliative Care Organization ? Pennsylvania Hospice and Palliative Care Network

? Illinois Hospice & Palliative Care Organization

? South Carolina Home Care & Hospice Association

? Indiana Association for Home & Hospice Care

? Texas & New Mexico Hospice Organization

? Indiana Hospice & Palliative Care Organization, Inc.

? Utah Hospice and Palliative Care Organization

? Kansas Hospice and Palliative Care Organization

? Virginia Association for Hospices & Palliative Care

? Louisiana-Mississippi Hospice and Palliative Care Organization ? Washington State Hospice and Palliative Care Organization

? Home Care & Hospice Alliance of Maine

? Hospice Council of West Virginia

? Hospice & Palliative Care Federation of Massachusetts

Directed by

? Michigan HomeCare & Hospice Association

The Hospice & Home Care Webinar Network

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Today's Presenter: Katie Wehri, CHPC

Katie has been working in the hospice, home health, private duty, and palliative care industries for over 25 years and has held executive-level positions. She is the Director of Operations Consulting for Healthcare Provider Solutions in Nashville and provides education, conducts operational reviews, and works with the HPS clinical team on mock surveys and chart reviews. She is also certified by the Health Care Compliance Association in health care privacy compliance.

Katie has worked for organizations in a variety of settings, including multiple locations in multiple states, a hospice inpatient unit, pediatric hospice, and adult and pediatric palliative care. In addition, Katie has an extensive background in health care regulation and accreditation standards interpretation; compliance and quality assessment; performance improvement; and opening and expanding sites for home health, hospice, and palliative care services. Katie has been consulting, presenting, and educating in these areas since 2009.

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Compliance ? Regulatory

Survey and Certification and Payment

? Assessments ? Plan of care ? Reasonable and necessary ? Eligibility

? For the hospice benefit ? Levels of care

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Medical Social Services

Medical social services must be provided by a qualified social worker, under the direction of a physician. Social work services must be based on the patient's psychosocial assessment and the patient's and family's needs and acceptance of these services.

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Medical Social Services

Qualified:

? Must have one year of experience in a health care setting ? Degree

? MSW degree from a school of social work accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)

? BSW degree from a school of social work accredited by CSWE AND supervised by a qualified MSW

? Baccalaureate degree in psychology, sociology, or other field related to social work AND supervised by a qualified MSW

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Spiritual Counseling

The hospice must:

? Provide an assessment of the patient's and family's spiritual needs. ? Provide spiritual counseling to meet these needs in accordance with the

patient's and family's acceptance of this service, and in a manner consistent with patient and family beliefs and desires. ? Make all reasonable efforts to facilitate visits by local clergy, pastoral counselors, or other individuals who can support the patient's spiritual needs to the best of its ability. ? Advise the patient and family of this service.

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