Palliative/Hospice Heart Failure Certification
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Creating confidence in the quality-of-care that heart failure patients receive during their advanced stages
This certification provides a framework for evaluating palliative/hospice agencies against the American Heart Association® evidence-based guidelines for heart failure patients. Certification provides validation that an agency has followed our requirements.
The certification provides confidence that:
- An agency's heart failure program is based on standards aligned with AHA science
- The agency is recognized by the AHA, based on professional evaluation criteria designed by heart failure and palliative/hospice experts
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How it Benefits Patients & Caregivers
- Assurance that the care being received is at the heart of the certification
- Knowledge that the agency can provide services designed by heart failure and palliative/hospice experts using professional evaluation criteria supported by AHA science
- Confidence their heart failure treatment is coordinated from admission and throughout palliative/hospice care
![Patient and caregiver holding hands](https://www.heart.org/-/media/Images/Professional/Quality-Improvement/Healthcare-Certification/Palliative-Hospice/Patients-475x475.jpg?h=475&iar=0&mw=600&w=475&hash=AE9E4999DAFB074BD3C0EF9EBDE18E91)
![Caregiver and senior](https://www.heart.org/-/media/Images/Professional/Quality-Improvement/Healthcare-Certification/Palliative-Hospice/Agencies-475x475.jpg?h=475&iar=0&mw=600&w=475&hash=7F8A66B06A3DEF199E11A93C2F170B80)
How it Benefits Agencies
- Opportunity to promote an AHA certification
- Opportunities for increased and timelier referral
s - Access to collaborating with other Palliative/Hospice Heart Failure certified agencies nationwide
- Consultative services from AHA staff including program management, patient and caregiver education and support, care coordination, and clinical management.
How it Benefits Referral Sources & Insurance Providers
- Support care coordination and communication between the referral source and agencies, enhancing the continuum of care for the patient
- Provide confidence that agency’s heart failure program is based on standards built on AHA science
- Opportunity to demonstrate quality of care of program through measures and metrics
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How to Become Certified
Start your journey by listening to this insightful webinar(link opens in new window) and get more information by filling out the form below.