The Impact of Hospice Physician Relatedness Determinations on Hospice Quality Measures

Includes a Live Web Event on 06/11/2025 at 2:00 PM (EDT)

The Impact of Hospice Physician Relatedness Determinations on Hospice Quality Measures

Lauren Templeton, DO FAAHPM HMDC

Physician Consultant

Weatherbee Resources

Dr. Lauren Templeton, a Physician Consultant with Weatherbee Resources since 2017, has been a physician since 2009 and a hospice and palliative medicine physician since 2012. Dr. Templeton began her career in internal medicine, but soon thereafter was drawn to end-of-life care due to its overall philosophy and her passion for ensuring a dignified death for her patients.

She currently works in hospice for The Pennant Group as a hospice physician member of their physician council. In this role, she assists with compliance, quality improvement and documentation review. The Pennant Group is a leadership company providing services in the post-acute care space. As such, Dr. Templeton regularly coaches towards excellence within the hospice space.

Dr. Templeton’s mission is to help support hospices by educating on the role of the hospice medical director from a regulatory and clinical perspective. She has served as a task force member and item writer for the Hospice Medical Director Certification Board from which she is certified. She continues a robust educational program within her own hospice program and is a regular speaker with the Texas New Mexico Hospice Organization 

An advocate of the hospice benefit, Dr. Templeton speaks to groups such as the Alzheimer’s Association about hospice care. She currently serves as a member of the Alliance’s Regulatory Committee assisting in advocating for hospice providers across the country. Dr. Templeton is a faculty member of Weatherbee’s Hospice Regulatory Boot Camp and the Hospice Compliance Network (HCN).

Dr. Templeton graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelor of Arts and received her doctor of osteopathy from Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2009. She completed a residency in Internal Medicine and is board certified with the American College of Osteopathic Internists. She completed a fellowship in Hospice and Palliative Medicine at Texas Tech University and became board certified in hospice and palliative medicine in 2013. She obtained additional certification with the Hospice Medical Director Certification Board in 2018.

In November of 2022, Dr. Templeton earned the designation Fellow of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (FAAHPM). This is the highest honor that can be bestowed upon a member. The Academy is the professional organization for physicians specializing in hospice and palliative medicine, nurses, and other healthcare providers.

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FOR THOSE SEEKING CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT:  Criteria for Judging Successful Completion - Participants will only receive CE credit if they sign in and remain present for the entire educational event. Partial credit will not be given.

Once the conference is over, the participant will be required to complete an online evaluation. Once the participant completes the evaluation, a certificate will be available for the participant to print/download/save.

TARGET AUDIENCE: The target audience for this course is: Executive Directors, Hospice Medical Directors and Team Physicians, Clinical Managers, Corporate Compliance Officers, QAPI Coordinators, the Interdisciplinary Group, and others.

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