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Hospice Intake Best Practices

Choosing hospice is a big decision for patients and their families. This choice often comes during an emotionally charged time, while people are navigating a trauma. A well-executed hospice patient intake process can make all the difference. Intake is your agency’s opportunity to build trust and ensure a smooth transition to care. Check out some…

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Navigating Hospice ADRs

Medicare’s Additional Documentation Requests (ADRs) may seem scary and can be a hassle to navigate, but they’re also a great opportunity to ensure and showcase your hospice agency’s awesome care and compliance. By staying organized and with a few simple tips, your agency can easily handle ADRs. What are ADRs? Medicare uses ADRs to double-check…

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HIS Part 2: Ensuring Accurate HIS Submissions

In our previous HIS informational post we focused on the best practice of confirming the uploaded file was marked successfully completed rather than relying on upload accepted as completed status. In addition to confirming that the submission is marked completed, there are certain severe yet common errors which will only appear in the CASPER Final…

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HIS Upload Accepted vs. Submission Completion

Submitting your Hospice Item Set (HIS) form is critical to your hospice agency’s financial health. CMS will not proactively notify your agency that records have been rejected until they send a bill for up to 4% of your claims revenue. It is a vital best practice after uploading your HIS zip file click the Submission…

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Hospice Tools Connects Newsletter August 2024

Book your demo & find out more about the CHAP Verified Hospice EMR built  for teams like yours! Check Out More Hospice Tools Insights!   Book Your Hospice Tools Demo Today! Get to the Top with Hospice Tools! Get My Free Trial!

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Hospice Tools Connects Newsletter May 2024

Book your demo & find out more about the CHAP Verified Hospice EMR built  for teams like yours! Check Out More Hospice Tools Insights!   Book Your Hospice Tools Demo Today! Get to the Top with Hospice Tools! Get My Free Trial!

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Hospice Tools Connects Newsletter Feb. 2024

Book your demo & find out more about the CHAP Verified Hospice EMR built  for teams like yours! Check Out More Hospice Tools Insights!   Book Your Hospice Tools Demo Today! Get to the Top with Hospice Tools! Get My Free Trial!

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