Medicare Cost Report: Completion and Using as a Management Tool

Ever wonder what the perfect hospice Medicare cost report would look like? This preconference seminar will examine a completed cost report based on accurately captured hospice data to help administrators, management and finance professionals learn how to successfully complete their own reports. In this hands-on session, expert faculty will provide strategies and tips to help your hospice get it right the first time. Also, you will learn how to maximize the value of the cost report by using it as a strategic management tool as well as analyze how the data elements can be useful in providing key indicators to legislators, individual providers and the hospice industry as a whole. Faculty will identify the key indicators and describe ways in which hospices may use the data collected to improve their financial management.