Essential Training At Your Finger Tips

Home care providers are responsible for ensuring the safety and well-being of patients, clients, and maintaining continuity of care for them. However, when disasters compromise routine infrastructures, home care providers may not have the tools they need to provide the quality of care possible in everyday settings. When patients and clients, especially seniors, are forced to evacuate, providers may not be notified where they go and if they have the medical documents with them to receive appropriate care   Speaker/Course Author - Kim Davis-Allen Read more

Leadership and management are two different things. Leadership is a lifestyle, and management is a title. Talented directors guide actors to award-winning performances. Similarly, a strong manager uses leadership to guide their staff towards a common goal. This session identifies desired leadership qualities that can be learned and perfected to achieve your goals.  Read more

<!--td {border: 1px solid #cccccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> Over the last two decades, clinicians have had difficulty completing the Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) accurately and on time. A majority of OASIS-E items can be collected in 15 minutes or less by teaching clinicians clues to observe during the "show me" walk. When clinicians focus on their star — the patient — their key performance indicators will improve significantly. This session will provide attendees with a roadmap to success. Read more

<!--td {border: 1px solid #cccccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> Chronic pain can be debilitating, reduce function, and culminate in poor health outcomes. Using narcotics and traditional methods for treating pain may not always be effective or result in unintended consequences. Find out how to alleviate pain and improve function, which can result in improved outcomes for patients. By implementing proven techniques in pain management and function, organizations will not only meet insurer and government payer expectations but also maximize patient outcomes and become a leader in the home care industry. Read more

Looking to exceed your Expanded Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model goals? Will you need to move beyond standard concepts and practices? Collaboration could be the key. Learn collaboration methods, harness transparency, and boost problem-solving. The presenters will discuss an active collaboration team in the post-acute setting in Southwest Florida and how this impacts the Expanded HHVBP Model. Read more

We invite you to join for this month's Home Health Revenue Cycle session, an informative monthly series that covers Medicare-Certified industry hot topics.   This month's topic: "Key Elements for Successful Payment with Medicare Advantage". Medicare Advantage appears to be taking over the Medicare program.  Are you equipped to get the most reimbursement possible from a MA plan?  This session will take agencies through the questions to ask with being credentialed with a MA plan and how to deal with billing issues.   Speaker/Course Author - Melinda Gaboury, COS-C  Read more