CMS Updates Hospice Aide Services Fact Sheet

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The Enhancing RN Supervision of Hospice Aide Services MLN Fact Sheet has been updated with  information about frequency and documentation requirements of registered nurses’ (RN) supervisory visits. The content was streamlined but no substantive content changes were made. However, this is a good time for hospices to revisit the topic of aide supervision. Under the current […]

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Enhancing RN Supervision of Hospice Aide Services

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released an MLN Fact Sheet, Enhancing RN Supervision of Hospice Aide Services. This fact sheet contains information about frequency and documentation requirements of registered nurses’ (RN) supervisory visits. Learn how often RNs should visit patients in their homes to assess hospice aide’s quality of care and […]

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New Study Compares Hospice Registered Nurses Rates

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Hospital-based Hospice registered nurses (RN) received the highest pay and for-profit hospice RNs received the lowest pay, according to figures from the recently-published 2017-2018 Hospice Salary & Benefits Report The Report is published by the Hospital and Healthcare Compensation Service (HCS), in cooperation with the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC). RN Hospital-based […]

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