Comments on Hospice Blog: Hospice COPs - is your hospice compliant?

Our hospice is going through state survey very soo...

2009-01-22T07:18:00.000-08:00

Our hospice is going through state survey very soon, kinda nerve racking. We have been able to meet almost all of the COP's with some third party help. As for the contracts, I have not found a magical solution to getting those returned, I have about 30% as of now. I am hoping to show intent and proper diligence as I don't have any control over the facilities we sent them to.
We were lucky

Well at least we dont have to worry about implementing ICD-10 until 2013!

I'm just looking at it as a journey - there is no ...

2009-01-10T15:03:00.000-08:00

I'm just looking at it as a journey - there is no way we could implement all of these requirements right way - too many changes in too little time. We are on point of service and I've rewritten the visit notes, created an electronic process for creating comprehensive assessments, and the nurse are completely overwhelmed! It's hard enough getting the day to day work done without changing

is your whole team helping with compliance of the ...

2009-01-04T14:28:00.000-08:00

is your whole team helping with compliance of the new cops, or is just your administration doing this. also are you expanding or downsizing with the changes.

Same here. We're extremely upset about this situat...

2009-01-02T19:47:00.000-08:00

Same here. We're extremely upset about this situation.

Has anyone found a set of clinical forms and paperwork that is compliant with the new COPs?

We are using the Briggs set and, while it is compliant, the set for the Comprehensive Assessment is 21 pages long! We have nurses threatening to quit not only us but hospice in general!

Yes, I've been checking my list...twice - three - ...

2008-12-30T16:51:00.000-08:00

Yes, I've been checking my list...twice - three - oh a thousand times! We are not completely compliant, AND we are implementing a new commercial software program and all new hardware at the same time!! We love a good challenge.
NFP - Rural

As AssocHMD the weirdest thing you are going to ha...

2008-12-30T09:14:00.000-08:00

As AssocHMD the weirdest thing you are going to have to get used it, in my humble opinion, is that nurses can no longer take orders from associates of the attending. Only the attending and HMD's can issue orders now.

So, if a nurse needs something and the attending is playing golf, the HMD is on the hook for coverage.

My theory, when it comes to contracts, is that the...

2008-12-29T16:53:00.000-08:00

My theory, when it comes to contracts, is that they all have been outsourced to Afganistan, and the mail is very slow there, and you can't fly an airplane over it, so you have to take the contracts to the lawyers on donkeys. When the lawyers get them, they have to be translated into Afgani, and compared with Sharia law, and then smuggled out wrapped in oriental rugs, which are then diverted at

We're haven't covered all the bases either. Since...

2008-12-29T03:51:00.000-08:00

We're haven't covered all the bases either. Since we don't regulate nursing homes there are a couple of things I don't know how we're going to do, we haven't really decided what "comprehensive" means with regard to assessments and we are still in early tweak on our clinical indicators.

~200 ADC non-profit in NYC.

Thanks for posting on the COP's I would love to h...

2008-12-28T19:34:00.000-08:00

Thanks for posting on the COP's I would love to hear a dialogue on implementing of the COP's. Luckily I am only assoc med dir so I have not had to deal with implementing a lot of the COP's just doing as I am told when I get the info. Hope to see more comments posted here.