HOPE Assessment Tool Interdisciplinary Content Completion
Presented by Jennifer Kennedy
Big changes are coming to Medicare hospice care. CMS is mandating hospice providers utilize a CMS-developed standardized assessment tool for all patients in their care. This is the first standardized interdisciplinary assessment tool for hospice providers which will collect data that will influence future payment models and quality measures. Understanding how to use the Hospice HOPE Tool is critical as the field moves toward more structured and data-driven care delivery
Learning Objectives
- Define the content, assessment, and completion of patient preferences, active diagnoses, and health conditions
- Identify the content, assessment, and completion of patient skin conditions and medications
- Explain record administration, submission, and correction of patient records
Meet your instructor
Jennifer Kennedy
Dr. Jennifer Kennedy is the Vice President for Quality, Standards, and Compliance at Community Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP) and is a nationally recognized hospice expert. She has more than 35 years of experience as a leader and nurse in diverse healthcare settings and has worked in hospice and palliative care for the…
Chapters & learning objectives
1. HOPE Assessment of Patient Condition
This chapter discusses the assessment and completion of patient preferences, active diagnoses, and other health conditions. Clinicians will also connect the dots of data completion to specific time points of the HOPE assessment tool.
2. HOPE Assessment of Skin Integrity and Medications
This chapter highlights the overall completion of the HOPE assessment tool data items for skin integrity and medications. Clinicians will also learn the impetus of assessment of these items for patients at the end of life.
3. HOPE Assessment Tool Record Management
This chapter focuses on the HOPE assessment tool record administration, submission, and correction. Clinicians will also learn about the relationship of accurate record management to HQRP compliance.
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