The 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 more“Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right things.” — Peter Drucker Reducing turnover and retaining your hospice staff is a critical element to your agency’s success. Reducing turnover impacts your agency’s ability to deliver consistent care with familiar faces which affects patients, referrals, CHAPS reporting, business operations, and much more. Performance, having well…
Read more“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” – African proverb Retaining your team members is especially critical for hospice providers. The ability to keep team members long term and provide consistent care affects patients, referrals, CHAPS reporting, business operations, and much more. 7 Elements of Staff Retention…
Read moreWe talk a lot in hospice about how hospice helps patients. Whether it’s the in-service presentations for facilities, marketing materials and messaging for your referral sources, and articles and social media posts across the digital universe, the focus of hospice benefits is primarily, how hospice helps patients. Speaking with a marketer at one of the…
Read moreTelehealth does not improve communication. Saying that telehealth improves communication in hospice is like saying you can’t be alone at a party. You’re at a party and around people therefore you must not be alone. You’re communicating via telehealth therefore telehealth must be improving communication. Nope. Telehealth improves access to care. Your team can make…
Read moreQ: What are the levels of hospice care and when is each appropriate? A: There are four levels of hospice care. Find out more about each level and when it is appropriate. Levels of Care: Routine Home Care (RHC): Routine Home Care is the most common level for hospice patients. Most hospice patients start on…
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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