Hospice: Definition, Referral, and Reimbursement Promotional **You MUST print this for Continuing Education purposes and keep with your certificate of completion. Requirements: Requirement for successful completion and receipt of 1.0 contact hours includes all of the following: 1. The learner must participate in 60 minutes of continuous learning. 2. The learner must complete the post-lesson test with a minimum score of 85%. 3. The learner must complete a post-lesson evaluation. Hospice: Definition, Referral, and Reimbursement is a course presented by: Healthcare Academy. Target Audience: The target audience for this program is nurses, social workers, administrators and therapists (physical therapists, physical therapy assistants, occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, speech language pathologists and audiologists, and respiratory therapists) in long term care, assisted living, home health and medical clinics. Course Description: Healthcare professionals in the long term care setting inevitably interact with a resident in need of Hospice care. This educational activity will allow the learner to gain knowledge about a resident s eligibility for hospice care. In addition, the learner will better understand their role in the hospice process to best serve the interdisciplinary team. Purpose: The purpose of this lesson is to enable the learner to understand the difference between hospice and palliative care, to be aware of eligibility requirements of hospice, the types of hospice care, to have knowledge of the components of the hospice team and how hospice is reimbursed. In addition, know the types of hospice discharge requirements. Objectives: At the end of this lesson, the learner will be able to: 1. Distinguish between palliative care and hospice care. 2. Define hospice services. 3. Define hospice eligibility criteria and tools used. 4. Describe the hospice interdisciplinary team function and the recertification process. 5. Describe the types of hospice discharge. ProCert Objectives: At the end of this lesson, the learner will be able to: 1. List at least two (2) differences between palliative care and hospice care. 2. Correctly define hospice services. 3. Define hospice eligibility criteria. 4. Describe the hospice interdisciplinary team function. 5. Describe at least two (2) types of hospice discharges.
Author: Robert Sonntag, MD Dr. Sonntag is well-known to practitioners in Minnesota. He has made it his mission to help nurses and other health professionals working in long term care to learn new skills to improve the care of the elderly. Dr. Sonntag has a unique approach, sharing his clinical experience and expertise using clinical stories and anecdotes that make his presentations memorable and useful. His core topic is Nursing Assessment and Clinical Thinking. Other topics he covers include: Overview of Pain, Urinary Tract Infection, Fever and Infections for LTC, Congestive Heart Failure, Behavior Management and Antipsychotics, Fall Reduction, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Delirium, and Hospice 101. Dr. Sonntag is an advisor to Healthcare Academy. In his role, he reviews advanced lessons and provides feedback paying special attention to clinical relevance and accuracy. Dr. Sonntag graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a degree in biochemistry followed by medical school at the University of Wisconsin. He did his internship at Framingham University Medical School in Framingham MA. He completed his internal medicine residency at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He began working at Park Nicollet in 1979 as an Internist and Geriatrician. In 2005, he joined Health Partners as a geriatrician where he works part time collaborating with nurse practitioners seeing patients in short term and long term settings. He was one of the first certified Medical Directors in Minnesota. He is certified in internal medicine, geriatrics, hospice and palliative care. Dr. Sonntag is a Medical Advisor for Care Choice and the medical director for 8 nursing facilities in Minneapolis. In his medical director role, his primary purpose is to educate others and as a result, provide better care to those in long term care. Planning committee: Judy Hoff, RN, BSN, MA Cynthia Smith, RN, MSN, CNE Robert Sonntag, MD Carleen May, MS PT Suzanne Lyda, MSW Allyson Gerber, OTR/L ANCC Continuing Education Information: Healthcare Academy is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center s Commission on Accreditation. ANCC Disclosure and Program Information: Participants will be required to complete the entire lesson, post test and evaluation form. There will be no endorsements of products or off-label use. Smith, RN, MSN, CNE and Robert Sonntag, MD have no relevant relationships to disclose and no conflict of interest. EXPIRATION: The expiration date for this educational activity is March 31, 2019. No contact hours will be awarded to participants who fail to submit evaluation forms after this date. Please contact Healthcare Academy with questions.
NAB/NCERS Healthcare Academy is a Certified Sponsor of continuing education with the National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards (NAB). This program has been approved for continuing education for 1.25 hours total participant hours by NAB/NCERS Approval # 20190101-1.25-A39193-DL
Physical Therapists Hospice: Definition, Referral, and Reimbursement Continuing Education Information ProCert and State Physical Therapy Board and/or Association Disclosure Information: Smith, RN, MSN, CNE, and Carleen May, MS PT have nothing to disclose and no conflict of interest. This continuing education activity is APPROVED by PROCERT. 1.00 CCU(s) Expiration: 02-19-18 This continuing education activity is APPROVED by Florida Board of Physical Therapy Practice. Accreditation of this course does not necessarily imply the FPTA supports the views of the presenter or the sponsors. 1.00 CE Hour(s) Approval #: CE18-53483218 Expiration: 12-01-18 This course meets the basic criteria of the Maryland Board of Physical Therapy Examiners for 0.1 CEUs. Expiration: 01-01-20 This continuing education activity is APPROVED by Minnesota State Board of Physical Therapy. 0.5 CE Hour(s) Approval #: 9488 Expiration: 03-09-18 This continuing education activity is APPROVED by Ohio Physical Therapy Association. 1 CE Hour(s) Approval #: 18S0233 Expiration: 01-02-19 This continuing education activity is APPROVED by Pennsylvania State Board of Physical Therapy. 0.50 Credits Approval #: PTCE009962 1
Expiration: 12-31-18 This continuing education activity is APPROVED by Texas Physical Therapy Association. 1 CCUs Approval #: 61184TX Expiration: 02-16-18 This continuing education activity is APPROVED by West Virginia Board of Physical Therapy. Approval of this course does not necessarily imply that the WV Board of Physical Therapy supports the views of the presenter or sponsor. 1 Hour(s) Approval #: HCA-R18-10 Expiration: 12-31-18 Social Workers NASW Continuing Education Information: This program is APPROVED by the National Association of Social Workers (Approval # 886709333-0) for 1 Pain/Symptom Management continuing education contact hours. Expiration: 01-31-18 NASW Disclosure Information: Smith, RN, MSN, CNE, and Suzanne Lyda, MSW have nothing to disclose and no conflict of interest. Michigan Social Work Continuing Education Collaborative Continuing Education Information: This continuing education activity is approved by Michigan Social Work Continuing Education Collaborative. Course approval #: 111617-02 1 Hour If you wish to report a problem with this training please contact rmingus@nasw-michigan.org or call 517-487-1548 x17. Michigan Social Work Continuing Education Collaborative Disclosure Information: Smith, RN, MSN, CNE, and Suzanne Lyda, MSW have nothing to disclose and no conflict of interest. Occupational Therapists This offering is at the intermediate level for occupational therapy learners. This activity is approved for one contact hour (60 minutes of continuing education) or 0.1 AOTA CEUs. Category 3: Professional Issues Note: In the case that the services of Healthcare Academy are cancelled by your employer and you are in the process of completing a course, please contact HCA at contact@healthcareacademy.com. 2
AOTA Disclosure and Program Information: Participants will be required to complete the entire lesson, post test and evaluation form. There will be no endorsements of products or off-label use. Smith, RN, BSN, MSN and Allyson Gerber, OTR/L have nothing to disclose and no conflict of interest. Note: these lessons are written at a professional level due to the subject matter. There are no prerequisites for this content. Cancellation policy: N/A The instructional methods for this program use adult learning principals that allow the learner to decide when and where to participate in this learning. This course is developed in an online method and uses outcomes based methodology that learners are required to code an entire case during the learning experience. Note: The date of the program will appear on the certificate of participation at the completion of the courses. Location is determined by student. Presented by Healthcare Academy: Healthcare Academy 301 South 8th Street Henderson MN, 56044 507-248-3310 contact@healthcareacademy.com or https://www.healthcareacademy.com Registration /instructional Information: Your organization will assign the course work upon your request. If you have special needs, please contact Healthcare Academy by phone 507-248-3310 or contact@healthcareacademy.com. AOTA Non-Endorsement: The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA. 3