title: Preparing for Medicare hospice benefit certification.
abstract: When the Visiting Nurse Association of Central Illinois staff began to investigate Medicare Hospice Benefit Certification, they had to start from scratch. In this first-person account, they share their experience and valuable informational shortcuts to help others streamline their process and assure adequate preparation for the certification survey and subsequent operation.
authors: Caremark, St. Louis, MO.
authors: M L
authors: ML
authors: Shafer
authors: A J
authors: AJ
authors: Zizzamia
mesh_terms: D002568:Certification; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D006738:Hospices / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D007087:Illinois; D006278:Medicare; D014481:United States