rockchalkjayhawk

We wear casual/business attire during the week and whatever you have on at the moment, on the weekend. BUT, we are moving toward a scrubs dress code soon. As a Hospice Director, I have come to realize that everyone has their own opinion as to what casual/business attire actually means. We have those that wear very faded blue to black jeans and simple tops to looking like we are attending a formal wedding! Then there are times when shirts are so low cut that if the staff member bends, well you get my drift. I just got tired of telling them how inappropriate they are dressed. You would think as adults we could figure the simplest things out! It was discussed, going to either a strict casual dress code with all specifics spelled out on what they could and could not wear or going to more of a Scrub type uniform. They were able to mutually choose 2 styles of tops and pants of their choice also choosing them in colors of their choice. There was some disgruntlement at first, but now they cant wait to get them ordered.

Does anyone have any in-sight on how they are going to deal with the new CMS requirements for CR5567? Keeping track of visits will be easier than trying to figure charges for those visits. Will you have one flat fee for every nursing visit or will you have different types of fees for Initial Admission Visit, Continuous Care or Crisis Visits? Our hospice is a department of a Critical Access Hospital. Our ADC is less than 15.