Hospice Bereavement Program Structure, POCs, Risks & Best Practices

Description

Strengthen your hospice bereavement program for 2026 – ensure every assessment, care plan, and note not only supports families in grief but also stands up to Medicare scrutiny.

This focused webinar will walk through current Medicare Conditions of Participation for bereavement, including who may provide services, required program structure, and essential elements of compliant plans of care. Using real-world scenarios, the session will unpack bereavement risk assessment, levels of risk and follow-up, documentation expectations, and common audit pitfalls so your team can confidently assess, discuss, document, and address bereavement needs while maintaining full compliance and supporting families through loss

KEY WEBINAR TAKEAWAYS

• Regulations specific to a hospice bereavement program
• How a bereavement program is structured and what services an agency can provide
• Who is qualified to administer bereavement services?
• When and how to assess bereavement risk
• How to incorporate a bereavement program into the hospice plan of care

BONUS MATERIALS

• Bereavement Program guidelines (sample policy)
• Bereavement risk assessment tool
• Bereavement program letter (sample)
• Bereavement Plan of Care (sample)

WEBINAR DETAILS

This comprehensive webinar will go over key regulations, qualifications for providing bereavement services, program structure, plans of care, and best practices. We will delve into bereavement risk assessment, documentation, and common FAQs, ensuring all aspects of bereavement care can be properly assessed, discussed, documented, and addressed to support patients and families while maintaining compliance.

THIS WEBINAR WILL BENEFIT THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES:

• Hospice
• Palliative Care

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

• Bereavement coordinator
• Volunteer director/coordinator
• Bereavement volunteers
• Social workers
• Spiritual caregivers
• Nurse practitioners/advance practice practitioners
• Clinical nurse specialists
• Administrators
• Director of Patient Care Services/clinical directors

TAKE-AWAY TOOLKIT

• Employee training log
• Interactive quiz
• PDF of slides and speaker’s contact info for follow-up questions
• Attendance certificate provided to self-report CE credits

NOTE: All materials are subject to copyright. Transmission, retransmission, or republishing of any webinar to other institutions or those not employed by your institution is prohibited. Print materials may be copied for eligible participants only.

Presented By

Kathy Ahearn

ALECC, Inc.