CHAP: COMMUNITY HEALTH ACCREDITATION PARTNER AWARDS HOSPICE TOOLS EMR “CHAP VERIFIED” STATUS. Skokie, IL., September 08, 2022 – CHAP is pleased to announce that Hospice Tools EMR has achieved CHAP Verified status, granted to tools and resources used by community-based care providers that, through rigorous inspection, show no roadblocks to executing the CHAP Standards of…
Read moreBook your demo & find out more about the Hospice EMR built from the ground up for teams like yours! Check Out More Hospice Tools Insights! Book Your Hospice Tools Demo Today! Get to the Top with Hospice Tools! Hospice Tools is the EMR built from the ground up for hospice & palliative agencies to…
Read moreFrom our deep experience in hospice – from both the provider side and now on the side of delivering hospice software and services to local independent agencies across America, hospice agencies are built by people who are professional, altruistic, caring, and compassionate. When we talk about diversity and inclusion, especially in hospice, it’s easy for…
Read more“Money! Are you freaking kidding me?!? All hospice is is a greedy money making killing machine! Nice tools you have here to streamline the death of loved ones! Not once did I read where you acknowledge that you are putting souls into eternity! God help us!” While many people are scared of hospice and don’t…
Read moreHospice Tools flex-forms library has virtually all the hospice charting documentation forms your agency needs – from admission orders through your final bereavement discharge summary. The forms flow automatically to your timesheets, HIS, show trend histories within documents, and are customizable to match your workflows. Paper forms, such as benefit elections, are easily transformed into…
Read moreThe Hospice CHAPS Education edition of valuable insights by our own hospice & palliative professionals covers the following CAHPS survey question: Discharge from Hospice Q: What are the three reasons a hospice may discharge a patient? 1. The patient moves out of the hospices service area or transfers to another hospice. Examples of moving out…
Read moreHospice & Hospital Fast Facts 1 out of every 5 hospice patients unenrolls from the hospice program. 25% of hospice patients that left the hospice program, or 6.7% of hospice admissions, resulted in hospitalization. Roughly 300,000 hospice patients unenroll of which over 100,000 hospice patients leave the program for hospitalization. The majority of these patients,…
Read moreCertification that are accurate and timely are a key element in managing a compliant hospice agency. Certifications are not only for medical record compliance and proper patient care, but also impact the efficiency and success of the billing department to get claims paid in a timely manner. Hospice Benefit Periods First, we have to define…
Read moreIn part one we discussed the process for how hospice marketers should handle objections. You can read the full article here: https://www.hospicetools.com/supercharge-your-hospice-referrals-with-objection-handling/ To recap, when presented with an objection there are 5 tips to remember: 1. Stop Take a breath. Don’t say anything for at least 1-2 seconds. Responding immediately means you haven’t heard the…
Read moreHospice agencies rely on their marketers to grow their business by generating referrals. It’s the marketers job to connect with referral sources, present their agencies truthfully, professionally, and as the agency best suited to handle the referral sources’ hospice appropriate patients. If you approach sales as a numbers game and get your face in front…
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