As the health care industry’s most comprehensive library of customizable policy and procedure templates, MCN Healthcare’s Hospice Policy and Procedure Manual includes this customizable template, Certification of Terminal Illness. MCN’s policy library helps you meet compliance with Joint Commission and federal regulations including CMS, CDC, OSHA, OIG, HIPAA and more.

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Here is some sample content from Certification of Terminal Illness:

	PURPOSE: To ensure physician certification of terminal illness and authorization of Hospice services according to applicable state and federal regulations and payer requirements. POLICY: The Hospice medical director and the patient's attending physician will certify the patient's terminal illness. PROCEDURE: The Hospice medical director and the patient's attending physician will complete and sign the Physician Certification of Terminal Illness and Authorization for Hospice Services within two 2 calendar days after Hospice care is initiated by the end of the third day. If Hospice does not...
Second excerpt:
	...certification within two calendar days then the physician must provide a verbal certification. Hospice will cease services if the physician has not signed and returned the written certification within eight 8 calendar days. The Hospice medical director must contact the physician to discuss orders. The Hospice medical director will complete the certification form for subsequent certification periods. Hospice files the Physician Certification and Authorization for services and the...