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  This recording of a 2.5 hour workshop will take an in-depth look at the Medicare home health benefit, admissions and comprehensive assessment documentation requirements, including Medicare documentation, face to face mandates, therapy reassessments and OASIS-C1 changes for 2015. Receive clarity on the face to face requirements including the 2015 Final Rule, recent changes, content criteria and CMS examples. Learn the difference between good and poor documentation of therapy reassessments including the details on timing and medical review issues. Melinda will also highlight the OASIS-C1 changes, including the M items that were deleted or PT credits awarded for course completions are approved for 1 year and expire at the end of the calendar year unless otherwise stated. For a complete list of courses offering PT credits for this year, click here. edited and those changes that had an effect on reimbursement. Course Instructor - Melinda Gaboury Read more

Medicare’s scrutiny of home health care providers continues to ramp up with more intensive claim audits. With the number of Medicare-certified HHAs growing exponentially over the past decade (more than 12,000 operating today compared to 7,528 in 2001!), the rise of claims review is inevitable. This webinar, which is presented by two leading Medicare consultants, will help you gain an understanding of home health-related audits (RACs, ZPICs, etc.), teach you how to develop a sound compliance program to prevent denials, and give strategies for appealing denials to ensure that your business stays compliant and out of the crosshairs! Course Instructor - Pam Meliso & Cheryl Leslie Read more

This session is geared to home health nurses and therapists. Rhonda will address some of the challenges presented to home health agencies in maintaining compliance with OASIS items, ICD coding and Plan of Care documents. She will provide guidance for overcoming some of these challenges per authoritative information deemed appropriate by CMS. Course Instructor - Rhonda Crawford PT credits awarded for course completions are approved for 1 year and expire at the end of the calendar year unless otherwise stated. For a complete list of courses offering PT credits for this year, click here. Read more

CMS’ Value-Based Purchasing Model demonstration is “pay-for-per-formance” on steroids and it is coming to a state near you! Are you ready if Florida is chosen? This demo will be implemented in 5 to 8 states effective Jan 1, 2016. John will discuss the demo’s theory and premise, what we currently know and what we can reasonably project for 2016 and beyond. Many believe Florida will be selected and that it will be a controversial and potentially catastrophic provision for those states selected. Even if Florida is not selected, the Value-Based Purchasing Model will become a national program in a short period of time and there’s no better time to prepare for its implementation than the present. Course instructor - John Reisinger, CPA PT credits awarded for course completions are approved for 1 year and expire at the end of the calendar year unless otherwise stated. For a complete list of courses offering PT credits for this year, click here. Read more

The Home Health PPS Regulation for implementation January 2016 has brought about changes to the PPS System, but most importantly more cuts in reimbursement. The billers and collectors are extremely important to agencies thriving in the current system so do not miss this needed education! Be the first to be current on all Medicare billing regulations implemented in 2016. This webinar series will lay a concrete foundation for home health billing, as well as, financial staff by giving billers a more effective approach to the Medicare PPS regulation, conducting Medicare verifications and understanding adjustments. We will discuss Medicare verifications on patients with HIQH/HETS screen examples & review adjacent episode calculations - field by field on claim forms. We will review the process of auditing a pre-bill for final claim purposes, both Medicare and Non-Medicare Payers, and review the details of billing for Non-Routine Supplies using billing guidelines. More and more scrutiny of agency records has been taking place in the form or ADR and RAC reviews. The webinars will outline the current risks and outline steps to manage that risk. If you are part of the revenue cycle in your agency these webinars are a must! Course instructor - Melinda Gaboury Read more

With the rising cost of treatment of pressure ulcers, it is necessary to be up to date on the most current treatment options related to pressure ulcer management. This webinar identifies the factors associated with the development of pressure ulcers, characteristics and staging of pressure ulcers, and current treatment options in managing and healing pressure ulcers. Nutrition and pressure relief devices will also be discussed as these are the key to effective wound healing. Course Instructor - J'non Griffin & Heather Calhoun Read more