Hospice Medical Director Designee (Consultant)

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Hospice Medical Director Designee (Consultant)

Affinity Hospice Care Inc.

Role Description The Hospice Medical Director Designee will have overall responsibility for the medical component of the hospice program. Key responsibilities include: - Medical Direction & Program Leadership — Provide overall medical direction to the hospice program, ensuring adherence to organizational policies, bylaws, rules, and regulations. - Regulatory Compliance — Ensure the program meets all requirements of the Medicare Conditions of Participation, accrediting body standards, OSHA standards, and applicable federal and state statutes. - Eligibility Certification & Recertification — Review patients' medical eligibility for hospice services; provide written certification of terminal illness; perform face-to-face encounters within 30 days of the third and subsequent benefit periods. - Plan of Care Oversight — Establish and review the plan of care in conjunction with the attending physician and interdisciplinary group (IDG); document care in the clinical record. - Clinical & Medication Management — Oversee patients' medications and treatments; consult with attending physicians on pain and symptom management. - Interdisciplinary Group Participation — Attend IDG meetings, serve as the medical resource to the team, and participate in resolving conflicts and clinical or ethical issues. - 24-Hour Physician Availability — Ensure competent physician services are available 24 hours a day to meet patients' general medical needs. - Quality Assessment & Performance Improvement (QAPI) — Evaluate QAPI plans, participate in QAPI teams, and assess programs for quality and cost outcomes. - Education & Training — Develop and deliver medical education for physicians, personnel, and volunteers on the care of terminally ill patients. - Community & Physician Liaison — Serve as a hospice champion in the community and maintain current knowledge of research and trends in hospice care. Qualifications - Licensed as a Doctor of Medicine or Osteopathy in California without restriction or subject to any disciplinary or corrective action. - Must possess a CA physician license and a minimum of 2 years of full-time hospice/palliative leadership experience. - Maintains controlled substances registration with state and federal authorities. - Experience in hospice or palliative care and/or training in end-of-life care. - Participates in ongoing medical education activities related to the medical care of hospice and palliative care patients. - Not excluded from participating in the Medicare program. - Not eligible as this is a consultant role for the company.

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