Tip of the Month
Does Your Patient Admission Packet
Include Everything It Should?
T
he patient admission packet should
be given to your patients and their
family or caregivers at the first care
visit. While hospices may include items of
their choice, the packet should also include
several must-haves:
* Informed Consent form
* Notice of Patient Privacy (9/23/13 edition).
(See August 2013 NewsLine for important
changes that impact this form.)
* Notice of Patient Rights and Responsibilities
(see CoP §418.52(c) for specifics)
* Advance Directive information
* Information about Medicare-covered
hospice services, including how drugs
will be covered for the terminal illness
and related conditions
* Information about the scope of services
that the hospice will provide and specific
limitations on those services
* Material about the patient's financial
liability for any services
* The hospice's contact information -
during regular hours and after hours
* How to register a complaint with the
hospice as well as the hotline of your
state survey agency.
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While not required, it is wise to also include:
* Explanation that all services related to
the terminal illness or related conditions
must be approved by the hospice
provider or the patient will be financially
liable for those services. (This is stated
in the CMS Medicare Hospice Benefits
booklet, 8/13 edition).
* List of contracted hospitals/facilities, and
an explanation of how a hospice patient
is admitted to a hospital and the hospice's
responsibility
* Explanation of how hospice services will
appear on the Medicare Summary Notice.
Be sure to review your patient admission
packet on a regular basis to be certain all
necessary information is included and current.
Have regulatory or compliance
questions? As an NHPCO member,
you can direct your questions to
regulatory@nhpco.org. (It's one of the
valuable benefits of membership!)
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of NHPCO NewsLine November 2013