Getting Ready for the
Hospice HOPE Assessment
presented by
Katherine Morrison, MSN, RN, CHPN, CCS-HH
Director Advisory Services
WellSky
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
9:00 to 11:00 a.m. Central Time
(Recording available through June 13)
The HOPE standardized assessment will be hitting hospice providers in the near future. Will you and your team be ready for this major change? The HOPE tool will be designed to collect specific information about the patient’s hospice experience by capturing patient and family care needs in real-time and throughout the hospice stay with the flexibility to accommodate patients with varying clinical needs. CMS has deployed standardized hospice tools for other provider types and hospice can learn from these tools to prepare their organization and team for utilization of HOPE.
Objectives
- Discuss the HOPE assessment to date and CMS plans for utilization.
- Compare and contrast Hospice Item Set (HIS) and HOPE.
- Describe components of CMS standardized tools for other provider types.
- Identify target areas for hospice provider focus in preparation for HOPE deployment, including inclusion of HOPE in comprehensive assessment and care planning.
Included materials:
Hospice Outcomes and Patient Evaluation Tool: Leaders need to do more than HOPE Participant Guide
About the Speaker
Katherine Morrison, Director Advisory Services for WellSky, is an RN and holds a Master of Science in Nursing with a major in Nursing Informatics. She has served in advancing levels of hospice leadership within large, multi-site health systems both in the Midwest and on the eastern seaboard and has extensive expertise in regulatory, compliance, and operational issues. As the subject matter expert for WellSky, Ms. Morrison monitors the changing economic and regulatory changes that impact all areas of hospice. Katherine holds a certificate in hospice compliance from the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and is a Certified Hospice and Palliative Care Nurse (CHPN) and an End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) trainer. An expert hospice and palliative care practitioner, effective educator and practical operator, Ms. Morrison brings high credibility to her efforts to advance hospice practice and patient/family advocacy across the country.
Continuing Education Credits
WellSky/TCG Media, LLC is approved as a provider of continuing education by the Kansas State Board of Nursing. This course offering is approved for 2.0 contact hours applicable for RN, LPN or LMHT re-licensure. Kansas State Board of Nursing Provider Number: LT0270-0111.
Registration Fees
Per our agreement with WellSky, the registration fee is PER PERSON. Additional fees will be charged for multiple log-ins from an agency. There are no refunds for cancellations.
KHCHA Members: $120 / PERSON
Non-Members: $240 / PERSON
Registration Deadline: Noon, May 13, 2025
