Hospice & Palliative Medicine Physician

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Internal Number: 1535

Position Summary: The Hospice and Palliative Medicine Physician (HPMP) is assigned to the Hosparus Inpatient Care Center (HICC) or specific Hosparus Health community locations and is supervised by the Sr. Hospice and Palliative Medicine Physician and/or Medical Director.  The HPMP provides direct patient care, including accepting patients as the hospice attending physician and providing consultations at the request of community physicians and community or Hosparus Health nurse practitioners, making medically-necessary visits (billable) and face-to-face recertification (FTF) visits (non-billable), when needed, and rotating to cover HICC night call, HICC weekend call and HICC weekend visits and/or general Hosparus-wide officer of the day, night call and weekend call. The HPMP supports and coordinates care with the Interdisciplinary Group (IDG) including participation in care planning meetings as the Medical Director’s designee and performs other necessary administrative functions, including certifications, recertifications, pre-authorizations and completion of medical forms and death certificates. The HPMP participates in education, outreach and leadership activities for the HICC or community locations when needed and may be assigned additional patient care or administrative duties at the discretion of the Sr. Hospice and Palliative Medicine Physician and/or Medical Director.

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