Hospice News February 7, 2025
Engaged physicians can help hospices ensure regulatory compliance and help improve patient satisfaction.
Hospice physicians are responsible for some of the most important aspects of care. These include determinations of patients’ eligibility, the level of care they need, prognostication, determination of relatedness to the terminal condition and medical management of the patient.
These factors, among others, make ongoing physician engagement crucial, Dr. Lauren Templeton, physician consultant for Weatherbee Resources said at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s (NHPCO) Annual Leadership Conference.
NHPCO has since merged with the National Association for Home Care and Hospice to form the National Alliance for Care at Home.
“As engaged hospice physicians, we have to understand that one piece of the puzzle is...
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