Live Discharge: Repercussions and Mitigation Strategies
Price range: $25.95 through $135.00
Between 15% and 20% of hospice patients are discharged while alive. One-third of these patients die within six months, often without hospice readmission. Join preeminent researcher Stephanie Wladkowski to learn the impact of this challenging reality and suggestions for improving both policy and practice. Dr. Wladkowsi is joined by Kimberly Dansie and Liza Johnson of Community Nursing Services to explore how to communicate with patients and families to mitigate the impact of live discharge, as well as how this situation impacts the hospice metrics tracked by CMS and published in the CASPER report.
Continuing Education
Professional CE hours included with registration; choose your certificate type below.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to:
1. Describe the characteristics of live discharge from hospice care due to decertification as a unique care transition.
2. Summarize policy and practice challenges within current discharge practices.
3. Explain the challenges and best practices for revocations from both the patient and hospice company point of views.
4. Describe how CMS measure patient experience (CAHPS) and live discharges (CASPER) and the importance of using the data from these reports.
5. List strategies for preventing unnecessary live discharge.
