Palliative/Hospice - Heart Failure
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The Palliative/Hospice - Heart Failure certification program elevates care for patients with heart failure during their advanced stages.
This certification establishes a framework for evaluating hospice agencies based on the ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥’s scientific guidelines for heart failure patients. It validates adherence to our standards, emphasizing program management, patient and caregiver education, care coordination, and clinical management.
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See Who Stands Out Among Hospice Agencies!
Download our current map of agencies working to improve care for late-stage heart failure patients. These certified sites meet the AHA key standards and a rigorous review process.
How it Benefits Patients & Caregivers
- Assurance that the care being received is at the heart of the certification
- Knowledge that the agency can provide services designed by heart failure and palliative/hospice experts using professional evaluation criteria supported by AHA science
- Confidence their heart failure treatment is coordinated from admission and throughout palliative/hospice care
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How it Benefits Agencies
- Opportunity to promote an AHA certification
- Opportunities for increased and timelier referral
s - Access to collaborating with other Palliative/Hospice Heart Failure certified agencies nationwide
- Consultative services from AHA staff including program management, patient and caregiver education and support, care coordination, and clinical management.
How it Benefits Referral Sources & Insurance Providers
- Support care coordination and communication between the referral source and agencies, enhancing the continuum of care for the patient
- Provide confidence that agency’s heart failure program is based on standards built on AHA science
- Opportunity to demonstrate quality of care of program through measures and metrics
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