Description:
This module provides basic information on the Local Coverage Determination ("LCD") guidelines, and provides a detailed explanation of the criteria required for hospice admission and recertification for patients with a dementia diagnosis.

Objectives:

• Participant will define the phrase Additional Development Request ("ADR").
• Participant will prepare a medical record for initial ADR submission.
• Participant will identify appropriate documentation to support patient eligibility.
• Participant will discuss proactive strategies to improve visit note and other documentation.

*** Hospice Education Network is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Massachusetts Association of Registered Nurses, Inc., an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

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