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If your ? Is can this be done, it can be if it’s Medicare hospice benefit. Medicare is self directed which means you can in theory choose the new vendor to go and then you call to see IF they accept Medicare and have room for you as a patient. Like you can switch from 1 internal medicine MD to another IF the new one accepts medicare patients and has room in their practice to add you onto their patient load.
The same holds true for hospice. But just like in finding a new MD, you are going to have to find a new hospice group to find one who can add your mom onto their list.
For my mom who shattered a hip at her NH, I switched hospice providers at about 7 weeks into her 18 months long hospice adventure. The issues were about lack of communication primarily. I spoke with the SW off the record at the NH regarding this and she gave me the names of the other hospice vendors who had residents in this NH under hospice. The 2nd group I contacted was able to Skype and call me from mom’s bedside (she was bedfast) and well as regular emails. They emailed me a packet of paperwork which I filled out and scanned back to them within 24 hrs and they reviewed like in a day and the switch was on. I emailed the old hospice group and in person to hospice group SW. it’s got to be coordinated as the equipment hospice #1 RN that they were being terminated & the replacement hospice had my dpoa signed off paperwork for this. Now there will be equipment ordered by old hospice needed to be taken away & the equipment from hospice #2 brought in. It isn’t simple but it is doable and for us the DON of the NH did a follow up call to each vendor that she expected it all to be done & seamlessly coordinated. The DON at my mom’s NH ran a tight ship, the hospice companies were not about to piss her off, so that was in our favor to get this done. The new group was eons better and not just in the communication requests but they brought in a much better lower height bed and quieter pneumatic mattress plus a portable Geri bathing chair and “lounging” chair plus ordered feeding bibs and probiotic nutritional mini drinks to get mom’s weight up. Stuff was more the latest. Medicare paid abt $4300 a mo to the hospice vendor. It’s not a huge payment but not teeny either. If you feel that better hospice care could happen, yeah do look into if it’s feasible.
I’ve had experience with Vitas, Compassus & Southern and all were excellent. But you have to understand the fixed rules that hospice is under and you have to do your homework to get whatever paperwork needed done & submitted timely.
You contact another Hospice and tell them you want to switch. You can do this just as you would switch Doctors. It is not uncommon so they will not take it personally. Look into the other Hospice in your area and "interview" them and see what you think would be a good "fit"
By proceeding, I agree that I understand the following disclosures:
I. How We Work in Washington.
Based on your preferences, we provide you with information about one or more of our contracted senior living providers ("Participating Communities") and provide your Senior Living Care Information to Participating Communities. The Participating Communities may contact you directly regarding their services.
APFM does not endorse or recommend any provider. It is your sole responsibility to select the appropriate care for yourself or your loved one. We work with both you and the Participating Communities in your search. We do not permit our Advisors to have an ownership interest in Participating Communities.
II. How We Are Paid.
We do not charge you any fee – we are paid by the Participating Communities. Some Participating Communities pay us a percentage of the first month's standard rate for the rent and care services you select. We invoice these fees after the senior moves in.
III. When We Tour.
APFM tours certain Participating Communities in Washington (typically more in metropolitan areas than in rural areas.) During the 12 month period prior to December 31, 2017, we toured 86.2% of Participating Communities with capacity for 20 or more residents.
IV. No Obligation or Commitment.
You have no obligation to use or to continue to use our services. Because you pay no fee to us, you will never need to ask for a refund.
V. Complaints.
Please contact our Family Feedback Line at (866) 584-7340 or ConsumerFeedback@aplaceformom.com to report any complaint. Consumers have many avenues to address a dispute with any referral service company, including the right to file a complaint with the Attorney General's office at: Consumer Protection Division, 800 5th Avenue, Ste. 2000, Seattle, 98104 or 800-551-4636.
VI. No Waiver of Your Rights.
APFM does not (and may not) require or even ask consumers seeking senior housing or care services in Washington State to sign waivers of liability for losses of personal property or injury or to sign waivers of any rights established under law.
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I authorize A Place For Mom ("APFM") to collect certain personal and contact detail information, as well as relevant health care information about me or from me about the senior family member or relative I am assisting ("Senior Living Care Information").
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APFM may provide information to me electronically. My electronic signature on agreements and documents has the same effect as if I signed them in ink.
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APFM may send all communications to me electronically via e-mail or by access to an APFM web site.
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If I want a paper copy, I can print a copy of the Disclosures or download the Disclosures for my records.
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This E-Sign Acknowledgement and Authorization applies to these Disclosures and all future Disclosures related to APFM's services, unless I revoke my authorization. You may revoke this authorization in writing at any time (except where we have already disclosed information before receiving your revocation.) This authorization will expire after one year.
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You consent to APFM's reaching out to you using a phone system than can auto-dial numbers (we miss rotary phones, too!), but this consent is not required to use our service.
Medicare is self directed which means you can in theory choose the new vendor to go and then you call to see IF they accept Medicare and have room for you as a patient. Like you can switch from 1 internal medicine MD to another IF the new one accepts medicare patients and has room in their practice to add you onto their patient load.
The same holds true for hospice. But just like in finding a new MD, you are going to have to find a new hospice group to find one who can add your mom onto their list.
For my mom who shattered a hip at her NH, I switched hospice providers at about 7 weeks into her 18 months long hospice adventure. The issues were about lack of communication primarily. I spoke with the SW off the record at the NH regarding this and she gave me the names of the other hospice vendors who had residents in this NH under hospice. The 2nd group I contacted was able to Skype and call me from mom’s bedside (she was bedfast) and well as regular emails. They emailed me a packet of paperwork which I filled out and scanned back to them within 24 hrs and they reviewed like in a day and the switch was on. I emailed the old hospice group and in person to hospice group SW. it’s got to be coordinated as the equipment hospice #1 RN that they were being terminated & the replacement hospice had my dpoa signed off paperwork for this. Now there will be equipment ordered by old hospice needed to be taken away & the equipment from hospice #2 brought in. It isn’t simple but it is doable and for us the DON of the NH did a follow up call to each vendor that she expected it all to be done & seamlessly coordinated. The DON at my mom’s NH ran a tight ship, the hospice companies were not about to piss her off, so that was in our favor to get this done. The new group was eons better and not just in the communication requests but they brought in a much better lower height bed and quieter pneumatic mattress plus a portable Geri bathing chair and “lounging” chair plus ordered feeding bibs and probiotic nutritional mini drinks to get mom’s weight up. Stuff was more the latest. Medicare paid abt $4300 a mo to the hospice vendor. It’s not a huge payment but not teeny either. If you feel that better hospice care could happen, yeah do look into if it’s feasible.
I’ve had experience with Vitas, Compassus & Southern and all were excellent. But you have to understand the fixed rules that hospice is under and you have to do your homework to get whatever paperwork needed done & submitted timely.
You can do this just as you would switch Doctors. It is not uncommon so they will not take it personally.
Look into the other Hospice in your area and "interview" them and see what you think would be a good "fit"
Copy that. Thanks for taking the time---appreciate it.
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