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This training is intended for learning purposes only, it is not official guidance. For official policies and guidance please refer to CMS laws and regulations, including the State Operations Manual (SOM) and CMS official guidance memos. Additional information is listed on the Training Disclaimer Page.

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PLEASE NOTE

You must be logged into the QSEP website when you complete each module or you will not receive credit for completion. The QSEP website will log you out automatically after approximately 1 hour of inactivity.

Training Name

Hospice Basic Training (Retired)

Training Description

This Hospice Basic Training is intended to establish your knowledge of the elements and importance of hospice care, from ancient practices to modern day. This training intends to cultivate and refine surveyor skills and focuses on surveying hospice care facilities for their compliance with regulations specific to hospice care providers.

Training Objectives: On completion of this training, you will be able to:

  • Understand the origins of hospice care.
  • Comprehend the modern-day philosophies of hospice care.
  • Identify the philosophy, general concepts, and goals of hospice care.
  • Identify the levels of hospice care.

Training Duration: 24 hours

Completion Requirements: This self-paced Hospice Basic Training includes a mandatory pretest, eight learning modules, a mandatory posttest, and a CMS-approved training evaluation. Both the posttest and the evaluation must be completed to generate a certificate of completion to earn training CEUs. To pass the Hospice Basic Training, you must score a minimum of 80% on the course posttest.

Email for Questions: The training is available on-demand online, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. For all technical issues and those requiring an urgent response, such as accessing the training, email helpdesk@qsep.org; for all content-related questions, email QSOG_Hospice@cms.hhs.gov. For all other comments, questions can be submitted during the training using the comment tool.

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Navigation Orientation

     ﹂ Navigation Highlights (TRAINING NOT AVAILABLE)

Module 1 – Hospice Overview and Orientation

     ﹂ Lesson 1: Hospice Overview (TRAINING NOT AVAILABLE)

     ﹂ Lesson 2: Hospice Orientation (TRAINING NOT AVAILABLE)

     ﹂ Lesson 3: Hospice History (TRAINING NOT AVAILABLE)

Module 2 – Hospice Basics

     ﹂ Lesson 1: Hospice Survey Resources and Tools (TRAINING NOT AVAILABLE)

     ﹂ Lesson 2: Benefit Payment Overview (TRAINING NOT AVAILABLE)

     ﹂ Lesson 3: Conditions of Participation (TRAINING NOT AVAILABLE)

Module 3 – Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement

     ﹂ Lesson 1: Quality Measures (TRAINING NOT AVAILABLE)

     ﹂ Lesson 2: Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement (TRAINING NOT AVAILABLE)

     ﹂ Lesson 3: Surveying QAPI (TRAINING NOT AVAILABLE)

Module 4 – Hospice Outside the Home

     ﹂ Lesson 1: In-Patient Services (Part A) Short Term: General Inpatient and Respite (TRAINING NOT AVAILABLE)

     ﹂ Lesson 2: In-Patient Services (Part B) Provided Directly (TRAINING NOT AVAILABLE)

     ﹂ Lesson 3: Hospice Care to Residents of a SNF, NF, or ICF/IID (TRAINING NOT AVAILABLE)

Module 5 – Pain and Symptom Management

     ﹂ Lesson 1: Philosophy of Pain and Symptom Management (TRAINING NOT AVAILABLE)

     ﹂ Lesson 2: Surveying for Pain Control and Symptom Management (TRAINING NOT AVAILABLE)

Module 6 – The Survey Process (Part 1): Beginning the Survey

     ﹂ Lesson 1: Presurvey Preparation (TRAINING NOT AVAILABLE)

     ﹂ Lesson 2: Entrance Interview (TRAINING NOT AVAILABLE)

     ﹂ Lesson 3: Sample Selection (TRAINING NOT AVAILABLE)

Module 7 – The Survey Process (Part 2): Continuing the Survey

     ﹂ Lesson 1: Clinical Record Review (TRAINING NOT AVAILABLE)

     ﹂ Lesson 2: Home Visit Procedures (TRAINING NOT AVAILABLE)

     ﹂ Lesson 3: Observations (TRAINING NOT AVAILABLE)

     ﹂ Lesson 4: Interviews (TRAINING NOT AVAILABLE)

Module 8 – The Survey Process (Part 3): Concluding the Survey

     ﹂ Lesson 1: Decision Making (TRAINING NOT AVAILABLE)

     ﹂ Lesson 2: Exit Conference (TRAINING NOT AVAILABLE)

     ﹂ Lesson 3: Complaints (TRAINING NOT AVAILABLE)

     ﹂ Lesson 4: Immediate Jeopardy (TRAINING NOT AVAILABLE)

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