Case Management
This is what I chart when a pt/PCG declines a routine visit on the date you call to offer.
What is "No Visit Made - Telephone Call?"
-with a Narrative Note explaining contents of phone call and follow-up plan. Move the visit to a later date in your calendar.
I am orders added seperately from routine.
what is PRN?
2 x month for additional support for entire duration of cert period.
This is the term for the practice of adjusting medication to prevent discomfort at the end of life, as part of comprehensive pain management.
What is titration?
This is the non-visit code for speaking to an IDT member regarding pt needs.
Care Coordination
An abnormal, brief pattern of breathing where pt receives inadequate oxygen.
What is agonal.
This is what I chart when a new patient shows up on the admissions report but dies the next day.
What is "chart a Missed Visit - Non-Follow-Up Note"?
-with "patient died before visit made" in Narrative Note.
You saw me for an initial visit on 11/24. I want to be seen 1x a month. This is the date to start routine visits when entering Discipline Orders.
When is 12/01?
This term refers to the inability to swallow, often noted in hospice patients as they approach the end of life
What is dysphagia?
This is who I call then the PCG is expressing an increasing amount of sadness and poor coping skills.
Social Worker
Blotchy purple skin first occurring on feet and often cold to the touch.
What is mottling.
This is the number of times I attempt to contact a pt by phone before I chart a missed visit.
What is 3?
My recertification period ends on 04/03. I am seen 1 x a month. I am the date you should end my routine Discipline Orders (for 1 x month).
when is 03/31?
These are a set of health and safety requirements that hospices must meet in order to provide high-quality care to patients and their families.
What are Conditions of Participation?
I entered my new set of VFOs for recerts, this is what I do next in the chart.
Update Care plan and move target dates to the end of the new certification period.
Bonus: add a new prep note
A patient who appears to have muscle wasting and appears emaciated.
What is cachectic
I am the type of visit when the clinician has used all the Discipline Orders but a pt needs additional support.
What is "use a PRN visit?"
This what I do when a patient accepted SCC/MT/SW but later declines.
What is "discontinue the orders?"
-Bonus: chart a missed visit to reconcile orders already present and update your prep notes.
A skilled visit provided by a registered nurse or medical social worker to a hospice patient during the last seven days of their life
What is an SIA visit (Service Intensity Add-on)?
I am an intervention that is no longer applicable to my pt/PCG. This is what I do in the chart.
What is update care plan to reflect new goals and interventions?
This is an emotional state where a pt will rapidly shift emotions
Labile
This what I chart when a pt/PCG does not answer the phone when you call to schedule initial "assess/eval."
What is "chart a "no visit made/telephone call?"
-with contents of voice-mail. Also put the initial visit on your calendar.
I am the type of pt that does not need orders for an initial visit or follow-up visit.
What is an IPU patient?
-Dozier House and FCCCC
These are the members of the IDT that must be present in order to start the meeting.
Physician, nurse, SW, and SCC.
This is what I do after I go on an initial visit and a pt/PCG mentions liking hymns and wanting music therapy.
What is send a Teams message to the IDT MT and Ashley Hall?
I am things a personal does every day, such as eating, bathing, and getting in and out of bed