2025 February Coffee Chat-Resource Guide

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The document is a resource guide from the HMDCB Coffee Chat held on February 20, 2025. It provides various links and brief notes on topics related to hospice management and billing.<br /><br />1. <strong>HMDCB’s GIP Webinar</strong>: A link is provided to access a webinar on the General Inpatient Level of Care.<br /><br />2. <strong>Hospice Coding & Billing</strong>:<br />   - <strong>Billing Webinar</strong>: A webinar from February 2024 is mentioned, highlighting the importance of checking current CMS billing information due to potential coding changes.<br />   - <strong>CMS Code 98016</strong>: This code is specific for brief, 5-10 minute audio check-ins initiated by patients or their families.<br /><br />3. <strong>Hospice Staffing</strong>:<br />   - <strong>NHPCO Staffing Framework</strong>: A link to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s staffing framework guidance is provided.<br />   - <strong>Hospice Physician & Medical Director Manual</strong>: A resource for hospice physicians and medical directors is linked, showing a manual presumably in its fourth edition.<br /><br />4. <strong>Planning for ICE at Your Hospice/Hospital</strong>: A link from the National Law Review discusses immigration enforcement practices, possibly aiming to prepare hospices and hospitals for potential interactions with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) under new administrative policies.<br /><br />This resource guide seems designed to support hospice professionals with up-to-date educational webinars, coding advice, and staffing frameworks, while also considering operational preparedness in relation to immigration enforcement issues.

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