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POSITION TITLE: HOSPICE PHYSICIAN (PRN)
Collaborates with office and field staff to ensure excellent client service, clinical care, quality and adherence to policies, procedures, hospice eligibility documentation, and Medicare Conditions of Participation. Manages hospice associates, medical physicians, consulting physicians and collaborating mid-level providers. Improves access to hospice services through business development, networking, and educational outreach to physicians, hospitals, facilities, and community groups.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Exemplifies characteristics of The BAYADA Way: compassion, excellence, and reliability.
2. Licensure: Hospice Physician is and shall remain duly licensed to practice medicine or osteopathy without restriction in the applicable state[s] of practice. Hospice Physician shall provide proof of current licensure.
3. Graduate of an accredited and approved medical program as required based on state regulations.
4. Professional Standards; Compliance with Law: Hospice Physician shall always comply with the ethics and professional standards of the medical profession; applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules, and regulations, including those related to the health and safety of patients; Hospice's policies and procedures; and the rules and regulations that are applicable to Hospice, including accreditation and certification requirements.
5. Drug Enforcement Administration: Hospice Physician has and maintains registration with the Drug Enforcement Administration ("DEA") and any applicable state agency without any limitation on Hospice Physician's authority to prescribe drugs under such registration and shall provide current proof of such registration upon Hospice's request.
6. Medicare and Medicaid Eligibility: Hospice Physician is and shall always remain a qualified Medicare and Medicaid provider. Hospice Physician represents and warrants that they have never been excluded from participation in any federally funded health care program including, without limitation, Medicare, Medicaid, or TRICARE, nor has been convicted or found to have violated any federal or state fraud and abuse law or illegal remuneration law.
7. Medical Staff Privileges: Hospice Physician shall maintain unrestricted medical staff membership and clinical admitting privileges at any of Hospice's inpatient contracts.
8. Criminal Background Check: Hospice Physician shall cooperate in the completion of all criminal background check documentation, shall be eligible to work with patients and shall not be found to have engaged in any improper or illegal conduct with the elderly or vulnerable individuals.
9. Have a minimum of two (2) years of recent, verifiable, related clinical experience, preferably at least one (1) year in hospice, palliative or home care.
10. Prior supervisory experience commensurate with program requirements.
11. Demonstrated record of strong interpersonal skills.
12. Demonstrated record of goal achievement.
13. Completed criminal background and federal/state program exclusions checks.
14. Competence in basic PC skills required to perform job functions.
15. Completed Continuing Education Requirements (CEUs) as required by regulation.
TRAINING AND CERTIFICATIONS:
Within the first three (3) months of employment,
1. Completion of BAYADA Way In-service.
2. Participate in Mentoring Process.
3. Completion of general company Welcome to New Employees Training.
4. Complete all necessary competency requirements related to technologically dependent clients, as applicable.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Hospice Physician is, along with any other contracted physicians and each patient's attending physician, responsible for the palliation and management of the terminal illness and conditions related to the terminal illness of Hospice patients.
1. Administrative Services: Hospice Physician shall perform those services appropriate to the position of medical director of a hospice, which includes, but are not limited to, the following administrative services:
a) Participate in Interdisciplinary Team. Be an active member of Hospice's interdisciplinary group ("IDG") to coordinate all aspects of the hospice care provided by Hospice patients, including participating in ongoing and timely IDG comprehensive assessments and updates to such assessments, developing, evaluating, and updating the written plan of care for Hospice patients, managing oversight of medications and treatment, and contributing to patient and family counseling and education. When Hospice Physician reviews a patient's clinical information to determine eligibility for hospice care, Hospice Physician shall certify and recertify patient eligibility for hospice care on a timely basis in accordance with applicable Medicare hospice regulations. Hospice Physician shall ensure that the hospice plans of care are medically appropriate and consistent with federal and state laws and regulations.
b) Assist with Admissions and Discharges.
i) Admissions and Recertification. When reviewing a patient for admission to Hospice, Hospice Physician shall, in consultation with patient's attending physician, if any, consider a patient's primary terminal condition, related diagnoses (if any), current subjective and objective medical findings, current medication and treatment orders, information about the medical management of any conditions unrelated to the terminal diagnosis, other health conditions whether related or unrelated to the terminal condition and current clinically relevant information supporting all diagnoses, and certify and document a patient's terminal illness. In such cases, Hospice Physician shall review the patient's clinical information before each recertification period prior to recertifying a patient as terminally ill. Hospice Physician shall document such recertification on a timely basis in accordance with Medicare hospice regulations.
ii) Discharges. In consultation with the patient's attending physician, if any, and consistent with federal and state discharge requirements and Hospice's discharge policies, discharge those patients no longer eligible for hospice care. Hospice Physician shall execute a written discharge order prior to a patient's discharge from Hospice.
c) Develop Policies and Procedures. Assist in developing, executing, and periodically reviewing Hospice's written policies and procedures, medical protocols and standing orders, including, but not limited to, patient care policies and emergency procedures.
d) Oversee Other Hospice Physicians. Assist in physician recruiting, training, supervision and evaluation of the physicians retained by Hospice (collectively "Hospice Physicians").
e) Oversee Medical Care. Oversee, coordinate, review and evaluate the medical
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