Clinical Compliance
The Agency Is Accountable. The Clinicians Are Not. That's the Problem
Hospice compliance gaps aren’t caused by clinicians. They are built into the structure of distributed care. Agencies carry the risk while clinicians own the clinical moment, creating a visibility gap no policy memo can fix.
August 5, 2026 · 3 min read
How Can Virtual Nurses Improve Hospice at Home Quality of Care
Virtual nursing is rapidly gaining traction across healthcare, driven by workforce shortages and evolving expectations for care delivery. A recent JAMA Network Open article analyzing hospital-based virtual nursing offers important insights that extend well beyond acute care walls. While that researc
December 25, 2025 · 5 min read
AI At the End of Life: Help, Not a Decider
End-of-life decisions are some of the hardest moments any family, clinician, or hospice team will ever face. Even when a patient has had candid conversations with loved ones, the reality of decline can feel different than anything imagined. When there is no advance directive or clear documentation o
November 25, 2025 · 5 min read
See Something Say Something: Mandatory Reporting!
Hospice clinicians are mandated reporters with an individual duty to report known or suspected patient abuse. See something – say something!
January 23, 2025 · 3 min read
Legal Risks of Retaliation: How to Handle Employee Complaints Safely
When an employee brings forward a compliance concern, they’re engaging in what the law defines as protected activity. This might involve reporting a potential violation of hospice regulations, concerns about Medicare fraud, or even raising issues about unsafe working conditions. These are rights gua
December 10, 2024 · 3 min read
Helping with Medications: What Hospice Aides Need to Know
As a hospice home health aide (HHA), you have an important job in taking care of patients. Part of your job is helping with medications, but it’s really important to know what you can and can’t do. The rules might change depending on the state you work in, because each state has its own guidelines.
August 23, 2024 · 4 min read
Writing an Incident Report
An incident report is a special kind of report that you write when something unusual or unexpected happens during your visit with a patient. This could be anything that isn’t part of the normal care routine. When to Write an Incident Report An incident report is needed if: How to Write an Incident R
August 11, 2024 · 2 min read
Do you have a reportable data breach?
Concerned that you have a data breach? Not everything that looks like a data breach is, in fact, a reportable data breach. Before you report a data disclosure to the US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR), you should confirm that what you are concerned is a re
July 31, 2022 · 4 min read
