May 19^th, 2017
10am-11:30am

Speaker:
Susan Balfour, RN, BA,
Partner with Hospice Fundamentals
Ms. Balfour’s hospice experience spans thirty years and includes experience as executive director of a free-standing non-profit hospice agency,
Director of Clinical & Regulatory Affairs for The Carolinas Center for Hospice and End of Life Care, and, since 2009,
a founding partner in Hospice Fundamentals, a company specializing in regulatory and compliance monitoring, analysis and education.

Outcomes:
What’s a perennially confusing regulatory area for hospices? Live discharges! This session will review the five types of live discharges,
key requirements and documentation points for each, important monitoring areas, and more.  You’ll also leave with important resources for your hospice:
chart review tools and an invaluable one-page live discharge tool.

• Identify 5 type of live discharges & understand appropriate uses of each
• Understand and implement proper steps for each type
• Assure compliant documentation
• Prepare for increasing scrutiny of live discharges

Who Should Attend?
IDG Members
Clinical supervisors and mangers
Education
QAPI
Compliance

The price for this Teleconference is $80.00 for members and $100.00 for non-members.
A late fee of $20.00 will apply after May 5th, 2017.
Please use your Federal Medicare ID for your membership number.
No refunds but substitutions are welcome.
There will be a $10 fee for Nurses CE’s.

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Missouri Hospice & Palliative Care Association is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Midwest Multistate Division, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Centers Commission on Accreditation.