Your Hospice Eligibility Kit will include:

• Prescription Flipchart -- a pocket-sized eligibility guide for common hospice diagnoses and reference information, including the New York Heart Association Functional Classification, Palliative Performance Scale (PPS) and Functional Assessment Staging (FAST) for dementia
• BMI Wheel -- this pocket-sized reference specifically highlights the area below 22, since a declining BMI score, particularly below 22, can be one indicator of hospice eligibility.
• Care plan oversight information
• Information about ways physicians and their patients can benefit from hospice services
• Contact information for VistaCare's medical directors in your area