15 pre-recorded modules, a 50-question Post Test and an Evaluation make up this program 13.25 total CE/CME or 15.9 CCB credits upon completion of the entire program Ability to start and stop as needed for up to six months After six months, your login will be disconnected

Identify the 27 risk areas for hospices identified by the OIG, along with tools to evaluate a hospice's compliance; Review components of organizational ethics related to compliance risk; List components and structure of an internal compliance audit, complete with topics and identified staff; Identify strategies for external auditors, including attorney-client privilege and how to prepare to respond; List risks for inducement for referrals and incentives for marketing; and Identify strategies for attorney-client privilege and how to use it in investigations and audits.

Introduction and Compliance/Quality Connection Medicare Hospice Regulations – Conditions of Participation (3 parts) Regulatory Lessons Learned from One Family’s Experience Medicare Hospice Conditions of Payment – Subpart F: Covered Services Survey Process and Plans of Correction CMS Hospice Quality Reporting Program Hospice Special Focus Program: Components and Implications Role of the Healthcare Board of Directors Credentialing Certifying Physicians Hospice Elements of a Compliance Program: Compliance Policy and Procedures, Internal Controls, AnonymousReporting Tracking Compliance Issues Billing for the Compliance Professional HIPAA and Under the Radar Compliance Conducting an Internal Investigation Enforcement Remedies and Program Integrity Responding to Government Enforcement Efforts. . . Surviving and Thriving Under Pressure

Hospice Compliance Certificate Program

Designed to offer hospice professionals the training needed in today’s complicated compliance environment.

This program covers the basics of healthcare compliance, including developing a compliance program, compliance risk assessment, compliance policies and procedures, and anonymous reporting. The importance of the Stark law, the Yates memo, anti-kickback statutes, and inducements for referrals and incentives for marketing will also be addressed. It is critical to also look at hospice-specific topics to apply in your program, including a detailed review of the federal hospice regulations including Conditions of Payment, conducting an internal audit, looking at organizational ethics related to compliance, and audit scrutiny. This course offers 13 hours of content that promises to be just what professionals in hospice compliance are looking for – hospice specific and applicable to the real world.

This is a certificate based program and not a certification.

Program Logistics

- - 15 pre-recorded modules, a 50-question Post Test and an Evaluation make up this program
  - 13.25 total CE/CME or 15.9 CCB credits upon completion of the entire program
  - Ability to start and stop as needed for up to six months
  - After six months, your login will be disconnected

Learning Outcomes

- - Identify the 27 risk areas for hospices identified by the OIG, along with tools to evaluate a hospice's compliance;
  - Review components of organizational ethics related to compliance risk;
  - List components and structure of an internal compliance audit, complete with topics and identified staff;
  - Identify strategies for external auditors, including attorney-client privilege and how to prepare to respond;
  - List risks for inducement for referrals and incentives for marketing; and
  - Identify strategies for attorney-client privilege and how to use it in investigations and audits.

Modules

1. 1. Introduction and Compliance/Quality Connection
  2. Medicare Hospice Regulations – Conditions of Participation (3 parts)
  3. Regulatory Lessons Learned from One Family’s Experience
  4. Medicare Hospice Conditions of Payment – Subpart F: Covered Services
  5. Survey Process and Plans of Correction
  6. CMS Hospice Quality Reporting Program
  7. Hospice Special Focus Program: Components and Implications
  8. Role of the Healthcare Board of Directors
  9. Credentialing Certifying Physicians
  10. Hospice Elements of a Compliance Program: Compliance Policy and Procedures, Internal Controls, Anonymous
    Reporting
  11. Tracking Compliance Issues
  12. Billing for the Compliance Professional
  13. HIPAA and Under the Radar Compliance
  14. Conducting an Internal Investigation
  15. Enforcement Remedies and Program Integrity
  16. Responding to Government Enforcement Efforts. . . Surviving and Thriving Under Pressure

Cancellation Policy

All cancellation requests must be submitted in writing to conferences@nhpco.org within 48 hours of purchase. A $25 processing fee will apply to all cancellations. If you have accessed the course, you are ineligible for a refund.

Rates: Member $499 Non-Member $599

For more information on faculty, planners, and continuing education, please visit the catalog page.