Perhaps one of the best-known and most highly-respected hospice consultants in the United States is Heather Wilson, principal with Weatherbee Resources and founder of the Hospice Education Network, both based in Hyannis, Massachusetts.
When hospice providers faced the emerging HIPAA challenge, they turned to Wilson for instruction and a pathway through the regulatory maze. Her book on the subject was the best-selling resource at a time when every streetcorner consultant had suddenly become a HIPAA expert.
Now, Wilson and her team of experts turn their attention to the next looming crisis facing hospice administrators and owners, Recovery Audit Contractors. Documentation of patient eligibility for hospice and for the general inpatient and continuous levels of care have always been important but now will have significant financial implications. Weatherbee Resources is developing a P-E-M (Preparation-Education-Management) strategy that hospices can use to cope with RAC scrutiny.
Subscribers to “RAC Assistance for Hospice” will be able to read some of Heather Wilson’s informative and instructional articles here on this page. The complete newsletter, at its own site, is expected to open by August 1. We will post the address here as soon as it is ready.
