HSP Standards

Meet the Team: Crystal Flynt, RN, BSN

Meet the Team: Crystal Flynt, RN, BSN

For four decades, Crystal Flynt has focused on home health and hospice. She joined ACHC in 2011 as a full-time surveyor and traveled to almost every state for 13 years. Now Crystal shares her hospice accreditation expertise as a clinical review specialist for our...

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Tackling Hospice Accreditation Challenges

Tackling Hospice Accreditation Challenges

By: Susan Mills, RN, Senior Program Director Susan Mills worked more than three decades as a registered nurse serving home health and hospice organizations. In her current role at ACHC, she guides Hospice, Home Health, and Home Infusion Therapy Accreditation. She also...

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Minimize Variability to Maximize IDG Meetings

Minimize Variability to Maximize IDG Meetings

By: J’non Griffin, RN, MHA, HCS-D, HCS-O, HCS-H, HCS-C, COS-C Posted: June 13, 2025The plan of care is a dynamic document that directs the services provided by the hospice to meet the goals of the patient and the patient’s family/caregiver. The plan of care requires...

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Excellence in Hospice Care: The Plan of Care

Excellence in Hospice Care: The Plan of Care

By: Lisa Meadows, MSW, Senior Manager, Clinical Operations Posted: April 2, 2025Individualized, holistic support is the foundation of quality hospice care and this depends on a well-structured and continuously updated plan of care. Hospice Medicare Conditions of...

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Hospice: Meeting Plan of Care Requirements

Hospice: Meeting Plan of Care Requirements

Meeting Requirements for Your Plan of CorrectionPosted: March 6, 2023Nearly all organizations surveyed for accreditation are cited for deficiencies. To address deficiencies, an organization must develop an effective Plan of Correction (POC) and submit it...

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