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Indicators measure quality of hospice, palliative care providers
Two organizations of professionals who provide palliative and hospice care developed a series of indicators to gauge the quality of care that patients receive.
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Make sure patients, families are informed about hospice
When patients choose hospice care, case managers should prepare them and their families for what they are going to receive and what they won’t receive when the patient goes home.
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Find out patients’ goals before introducing the idea of hospice
Take a patient-centered approach when you talk with patients and family members about end-of-life options and find out what they need and want before making suggestions.
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Get in touch with your own feelings before talking to patients
Case managers have to be comfortable with end-of-life issues before they can have a meaningful conversation with patients and families.
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Help patients and families as they struggle with end-of-life issues
More than 80% of patients say if they have a terminal illness, they don’t want to spend their last days in the hospital, according to the Dartmouth Atlas of Healthcare.
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Check coding for intrauterine devices
As of Jan. 1, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has discontinued use of HCPCS code J7302 for 52 mg levonorgestrel-releasing IUDs.
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Access resource on LARC reimbursement
Obtain appropriate compensation for long-acting reversible contraceptive services with Intrauterine Devices and Implants: A Guide to Reimbursement, a new guide created by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists’ long-acting reversible contraceptive Program, the National Health Law Program, the National Women’s Law Center, the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, and the Bixby Center at the University of California, San Francisco.
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Counsel your patients on their risk for pregnancies that are exposed to alcohol
The latest statistics from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that more than 3 million women between the ages of 15 and 44 are at risk of exposing their developing babies to alcohol because they are drinking and not using birth control to prevent pregnancy.1 The report also found that three in four women who want to get pregnant as soon as possible do not stop drinking alcohol when they stop using birth control.1
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Compliance Mentor - April 2016
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Management of your patients’ menopause — Is your care on the right track?
By 2020, more than 50 million U.S. women will be older than 51, the mean age when menopause occurs. Despite the availability of effective hormonal and nonhormonal treatments for menopausal symptoms, few women with menopausal symptoms are evaluated or treated, reports a new scientific perspective.