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CHAPCA: 12.06.2023 Year End Federal Regulatory Update - Details and Deadlines
Wednesday, December 06, 2023, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PDT
Category: Live Webinar

Year End Federal Regulatory Update - Details and Deadlines

December 06, 2023
10:00am-11:30am PST

Webinar Details:

The end of the year is a good time to make sure your hospice is prepared for 2024. There is work to do with the implementation of regulations finalized in 2023. This webinar will cover the following final rules and deadlines: FY 2024 Hospice Wage Index final rule and 2024 deadlines to ensure continued payment CY 2024 Home Health Final Rule - Hospice Provisions, including informal dispute resolution, hospice special focus program, and hospice provider enrollment updates CY 2024 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule -- Inclusion of marriage and family therapists and mental health counselors as members of the IDG, Principal Illness Navigation and two quality measures for physicians -- one for ambulatory palliative care patients -- the experience of feeling heard and understood, and a composite measure on preventive care and wellness. This will be full of GREAT content that is understandable and actionable.

Learning Objective:

  • Participants will be able to identify three steps needed to comply with certifying physician enrollment in PECOS or with a valid opt-out affidavit.
  • Participants will be able to discuss the four components of the hospice special focus program.
  • Participants will be able to discuss ways that marriage and family therapists can be incorporated into the hospice IDG, including roles and differences from social workers

Target Audience:

  • Compliance Officers
  • Quality Directors
  • Administrator

Meet the Presenter:

Judi Lund Person | LundPerson & Associates, LLC | Principal

Bio:

Judi Lund Person is the principal of the newly established LundPerson & Associates, LLC, hospice consulting. For 21 years, she served as the Vice President, Regulatory and Compliance at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, where she served as a key contact with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, other federal agencies, helping to ensure that NHPCO’s voice was heard with policymakers. She also represents NHPCO with each of the Medicare Administrative Contractors and established a monthly NHPCO/MAC Collaborative meeting with all three MACs.

Over her 21-year tenure with NHPCO, Judi has developed and updated countless tools and resources for hospice providers, including compliance guides for Medicare hospice Conditions of Participation, toolkits for traveling patients, survey preparedness, live discharges and the admission process, as well as state/county rate charts for Medicare rates each year. She has spoken at state hospice meetings throughout the country and is known for turning regulations into “plain English” so that providers will understand how a change will impact their program.

Prior to joining NHPCO, Judi served for 22 years as the President and CEO of The Carolinas Center for Hospice and End of Life Care, where she provided support and resources for hospice providers and end of life care coalitions in the Carolinas. Early in her career, Judi was a part of a small group of advocates that worked for the passage of the Medicare Hospice Benefit in Congress. That advocacy work resulted in the addition of hospice to Medicare in 1982, with the original Medicare hospice conditions of participation published in 1983.

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