WEBINAR: 5 Crucial Ways to Prepare for PDGM
Sponsored by: HealthCare Synergy Featuring: Michael Tidd, LVN, COS-C, COS-D Dates: November 13 Time: 10:00 am PST / 1:00 am EST
Information and Registration Agencies are rapidly trying to prepare for the PDGM payment model. We will show you the most crucial ways an agency can prepare for the internal changes needed for PDGM. While most agencies are focusing on how to instruct clinicians on the change, PDGM has the most impact on office functions. Attend and gain insight on the things the agency needs to be doing now to prepare for January 1, 2020. Objectives: 1. Learn agency level changes that can be implemented to be successful in 2020 2. Understand how to approach budgeting and finances under PDGM 3. What do your clinicians really need to know to ensure the agencies continued success Michael Tidd has over 19 years of experience in the Home Care Industry and is a frequent speaker at HealthCare Synergy Workshops and Webinars. He is a Software Developer, LVN and Certified in ICD-9/10 Coding and OASIS (COS-C, HCS-D). As the Clinical Manager for HealthCare Synergy, he directs the Outsourced Management Services, assists in directing the development of the Healthcare Assistant Web Edition, oversees the Clinical Documentation Auditing provided to clients and directs the Clinical Form Development for the Healthcare Assistant Web Edition. Michael continues to educate agencies in the ongoing regulations that CMS produces, the proper application of the Medicare Conditions of Participation and completing timely, accurate and defendable clinical documentation to survive in the current Medicare Reimbursement Model.
Free Webinar: Your path to 99 - An Actionable Webinar on Achieving 99% Claims Reimbursement Presented by: Complia Health Date: November 13, 2019
Time: 1:30 PM EST
Reserve Your Webinar Seat Billing is complex. Improving your billing and claims filing process doesn't have to be. Getting on the path to a 99% claims acceptance rate can be simple, but the key is in understanding, and then overcoming, the common pitfalls that create problems for home health care agencies in the first place. Join industry expert Scott Brashears to learn how to better identify potential problems in your agency processes and get the insights into solving for more accurate and timely filings that will put your agency on the path to 99.
Webinar: Post-Acute Care Quality Reporting Programs Presented by: CMS Date: Thursday, November 14 Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm EST Fee: Free
Description: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will be hosting a webinar for Medicare-certified hospice providers to provide an overview on Hospital Quality Reporting Program (HQRP) requirements. During this webinar, CMS subject matter experts will provide information on the following topics: - Hospice Item Set (HIS) reporting requirements;
- HQRP compliance cycle;
- How to achieve hospice compliance;
- CAHPs survey requirements; and
- How to switch CAHPS survey research vendors.
CMS will answer questions at the end of the webinar as time permits. Register
Conference: Two Sales Training Boot Camps: Home Health and Hospice & Palliative Care Presented by Healthcare Strategica, LLC Featuring: Michael Ferris Location: Westin Lake Las Vegas Resort
Bootcamp 1: PDGM Home Health Sales Date: November 12-13
Bootcamp 2: Hospice & Palliative Care Sales Date: November 14-15
Register with code "HCTR" for $100 off.
Michael Ferris brings 20+ years of experience to your sales team! Home Health Sales Training Bootcamp The Home Health Sales Training Bootcamp has an extensive training related to Success Under PDGM. We will cover what the Sales Professionals need to know about PDGM and more importantly what the referral partners need to know! How to have those conversations to drive more referrals and avoid the pitfalls experienced by hospices when "failure to thrive" was no longer an acceptable primary diagnosis to qualify for hospice services. Hospice Sales Training Bootcamp The Hospice and Palliative Care Sales Training Bootcamp is new and improved with the best of class sales training for hospice with the addition of How to Conduct Family / Patient Meetings for Maximum Success and How to Sell Palliative Care. Send your Hospice Sales Representatives to us and we will send them back to you ready to drive significant incremental growth in quality admissions. Each Sales Professional Will Receive: - Class Workbook
- Laminated Field Cards
- Copy of Definitive Guide to Home Health Sales: Achieve Superstar Success - PDGM Success Edition ($79 value)
- One on one coaching
- 90-day sales campaign planning tool
- Lunch each day
Conference: Successful Home Health Transformation
Hosted Dixon Healthcare Solutions, Inc. Date: December 5-6 Location: Bally's, Las Vegas Time: 7:00 am - 4:00 pm Speakers: Richard K. Dixon, Cheryl Peltekis, RN, Meaghan McCormick, Esq., Donna Floyd, RN, BSN, J'non Griffin, RN, MHA, HCS-D, BCCH-C, COS-C, WCC; Annette Lee, RN, MS, HCS-D, COS-C; Cory Mertz, managing partner for a leading healthcare M&A firm. Information and Registration Approved for up to 10 hours of Continuing Nursing Education by Corexcel, an accredited provider by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Conference: Successful Hospice Transformation
Hosted Dixon Healthcare Solutions, Inc. Date: December 5-6 Location: Bally's, Las Vegas Time: 7:00 am - 4:00 pm Speakers: Richard K. Dixon, Cheryl Peltekis, RN, Meaghan McCormick, Esq., Donna Floyd, RN, BSN, Annette Lee, RN, MS, HCS-D, COS-C; Cory Mertz, managing partner for a leading healthcare M&A firm. Information and Registration Approved for up to 10 hours of Continuing Nursing Education by Corexcel, an accredited provider by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Seminars: PDGM Success Seminars hosted by Axxess * Sponsored by: BKD, Aegis Therapies, HealthCare ConsultLink, Home Health Care News, Gateway Home Health Coding and Consulting, Worldview, Connected Home Living, Laengrich Healthcare Partners and Swift Medical
Dates and Locations (open to all Home Care providers): - Dallas, TX Tuesday, September 24
- Houston, TX Thursday, September 26
- Boston, MA Tuesday, November 5
- Fort Lauderdale, FL Thursday, November 14
- Chicago, IL Tuesday, October 22
- Columbus, OH Thursday, November 12
- Las Vegas, NV Friday, October 4
- McAllen, TX Tuesday, December 3
- San Antonio, TX Thursday, December 5
Information and Registration (early bird discount code: Axxess2020) The one-day seminars will focus on the following learning objectives: - The PDGM impact numbers that matter most, along with operational strategies to ensure proper reimbursement
- Specific actions to take for each PDGM risk factor, including coding, non-groupable diagnoses, LUPA avoidance and management, chronic care management, and therapy management
- How to drive growth for your organization through institutional referral strategies and the use of specialty programs, including wound care and complex nursing
Including specifics such as: - How to get the most important OASIS information you need in five minutes
- Implementing maintenance therapy programs and telemonitoring
- Setting up visit schedules that prevent avoidable LUPAs
- How each component of PDGM builds the case weight
- Restructuring intake processes to obtain necessary billing information
WEBINAR: Manage Intake Orders with WellSky + Forcura
Date: December 5 Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST Information and registration Jonathan Fluhart, Intrepid USA VP of Technology & Process Excellence and Windy Adams, Forcura Director of Strategic Partnerships, will share how the WellSky and Forcura workflow solution is enabling Intrepid USA to: - Go 100% paperless by digitizing all faxes and eliminating manual document scanning
- Streamline intake documentation by driving referrals, authorizations and labs to one centralized location
- Instantly reconcile signed orders and notifications that documents are ready for approval and billing
WEBINAR: PDGM Preparation: Operational StrategiesSponsored by Kornetti & Krafft Health Care Solutions & MedBridge Date: December 5 Time: 1:00 pm EST Information and Registration
Knowing that resources are tight as PDGM approaches, Kornetti & Krafft is offering a free overview of OASIS D1 to ensure that changes to this critical data collection instrument do not get lost in the shuffle. What is Included: - Highlight key differences between OASIS D and D1
- Make an informed decision about the use of "=" as a response
- As an outsourced OASIS/Coding company, the most commonly seen OASIS errors and proven strategies for success will be included.
Seminar: "COM-CARE-CON" First Annual Technology Deep Dive Sponsored by: Ohio Council for Home Care & Hospice
Date: December 12 Time: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Location: Crown Plaza North, Columbus
Information and Registration Com-Care-Con is a one-day conference that will highlight new technologies in the Home Care and Hospice Industries with speakers, exhibitors, and demonstrations of new technologies.
Speakers:
Tim Rowan - Keynote Healthcare Advisory Network discussing Telehealth Medline discussing AI in Wound Care Complia discussing Alternative EVV
FREE WEBINAR: Quarterly Home Health Topics Discussion: The Truth about PDGM Reimbursement Sponsored by: Healthcare Synergy Date: December 18 Presented by: Michael Tidd, LVN, COS-C, COS-D
Information and Registration
Conference: The 17th Annual World Health Care Congress
17 Years of Empowering and Connecting Leaders in Health Care Transformation Date: March 29-April 1, 2020 Location: Washington, DC Information and Registration It’s never too soon to begin planning your experience at the 2020 World Health Care Congress. View the agenda snapshot and gain access to 100+ sessions across 15+ learning tracks:
- Payer Transformation
- Member Engagement and Retention
- Provider Transformation
- Care Delivery Integration
- Medicaid & Health Policy
- Behavioral Health - NEW IN 2020!
- SDoH Business Strategy
- SDoH Tech
- Pop Health Analytics
- AI & ML Applications - NEW IN 2020!
- Innovation & Investments
- Front Line Leadership
- Women Leaders in Health Care
- Self-Insurance Strategy
- Worksite Clinics
- Direct Contracting
- Workplace Mental Health
- Benefits Adviser Leadership
- Medical Travel
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Interoperability for Service Providers through CMS’s EMDI Initiative Presented by: ElevatingHOME and VNAA Featuring: Pallavi Talekar, Project Manager, Scope Infotech, Inc.; Ray Wilkerson, Sr. Business Analyst, Scope Infotech, Inc.; Nandini Ganguly, Business Analyst, Scope Infotech, Inc.; Kishan Patel
Business Analyst, Scope Infotech, Inc.; Briana Barnes, Project Coordinator, Scope Infotech, Inc.
Date: Tuesday, July 30
Time: 12:00 pm EDT
Fee: Free to ElevatingHome, VNAA, and Alliance for Home Health Quality Improvement members Registration
Representatives from the EMDI Initiative team will discuss interoperability using health IT standards, including Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR). Participants will learn about pilot opportunities with CMS to enhance provider workflow using three critical use cases. Participants will: - Gain knowledge of interoperability concepts and use of latest standards, including FHIR;
- Gather information on three critical use cases in the post-acute care setting to reduce provider burden and enhance their interoperability footprint; and
- Identify next steps for participation in an upcoming pilot opportunity with CMS.
PDGM’s Behavioral Adjustments - What You Need to Know Now Sponsored by eSolutions Featuring: Karri Wright, Sr. Director, Product Management at Homecare Homebase Date: Thursday, August 29 Time: 2:00 pm CDT Fee: Free REGISTER NOW The webinar covers: - CMS assumptions and intended adjustments and their impact on:
- Upcoding
- Comorbidities
- LUPA Avoidance
- Considerations for HHAs
- Evaluating your HHA data now to assess tomorrow based on today’s reality
A QUALITY JOB: Clinical Management & Care Coordination Under PDGM Hosted by VNAA Sponsored by MatrixCare/Brightree Presented by Simione Healthcare Consultants Featuring: Laura Wilson, RN, BSN, Sr. Manager, Simione Healthcare Consultants Date: Wednesday, September 11 Time: 12:00 pm EDT
Free Registration
PDGM is so much more than a billing change! Home health agencies preparing for payment reform need to look closely at clinical operations to make accommodations that will uphold quality, including care alternatives that add value to the equation.
In this webinar, we’ll share insights based on the findings of gap analyses to help your organization make a successful transition under the new requirements.
Recommended Attendees: Clinical Managers, Intake Staff, Coders / QA, Finance & Billing personnel
Hosted by VNAA, sponsored by MatrixCare/Brightree, presented by Simione Healthcare Consultants
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