OCHCH is committed to providing valuable educational and career development programming to Ohio’s care community. The Education Pass enables no-cost or deeply discounted registration to a wide range of OCHCH-managed and select partner-managed educational opportunities posted on our Education Calendar. The Home Health Aide Training Program provides agencies with the tools and resources needed to efficiently train home health aides at scale.

Hospice Eligibility Documentation (Hospice Hot Topic Series)
Thursday, April 10, 2025 (11:00 AM - 12:00 PM) (EDT)
Description
This is a State-Share Educational Program. OCHCH has partnered with HPS and Pennsylvania Homecare Association to offer this education to OCHCH members at no cost. Webinar links, handouts, recordings, and other educational collateral will be managed by the organizer. Non-members may register for $50 per session.
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This month's topic: Hospice Eligibility Documentation
Does your clinical documentation truly support the eligibility for Hospice services?
Understanding the impact of skilled documentation is crucial to your agency’s success under medical review.
Join us to learn the critical foundations of how to appropriately document hospice eligibility as well as recognize common mistakes to avoid them. In this session, we will take a deep dive into documentation requirements and best practices to support Hospice eligibility.
Our Speaker
Tammy Stewart, RN, CPHQ, COS-C, is a Clinical Consultant for HPS. She is a member of the National Association for Healthcare Quality and holds a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) certification. As a part of the HPS clinical consulting team, Tammy provides support and solutions to home health and hospice agencies across the country to achieve regulatory compliance. Tammy’s commitment to service and compassionate nursing care started 30 years ago as a home health nurse. Her experience includes successfully starting a Hospice QAPI program and serving as a Hospice Quality Manager. Tammy has experience as a Home Health Clinical Manager as well as case management of home health patients. Tammy has provided education and leadership for home health, hospice, and acute care settings throughout her nursing career. Her knowledge of Federal and State Regulations along with her clinical experience motivates her to continually seek solutions to the barriers of healthcare in all settings. Tammy’s experience includes developing and implementing quality and performance improvement programs for home health and hospice in addition to performing data analysis, clinical chart reviews, onsite billing audit reviews and provider education.
OCHCH Members - $0
Non-Members - $50
A link to attend the webinar will be made available by our partners, and sent to registrants, 1-2 business days ahead of the webinar.