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This session is geared toward the home health clinician who will be documenting the patient’s assessments and visit notes in a new way. We will discuss and stress how much importance ICD-10-CM places on “specificity”. The attendee will not only learn how to identify common home health diagnosis, but also how to think about them in a new way. We will discuss the changes that first need to occur in the mind of the clinician allowing them to choose the most appropriate code under the new rules. Course instructor - Laura Waddle Read More

This session will provide an update of the state regulatory requirements that home health agencies and nurse registries need to know. Changes to laws, rules and survey standards will be explained. Know the requirements so your business can fit them into your existing processes, accomplish them easily, and do well on survey visits. Questions will be collected and answered during the session, as time permits. As always, Anne Menard will kindly stay after the session and answer questions from individuals as well. Course instructor - Anne Menard Read More

This session will cover suggested steps and anticipated challenges that an agency leader may expect to encounter when implementing an EMR in their organization. Best practices will be presented along with case studies to demonstrate both successful and unsuccessful implementation initiatives. Learn how to avoid the pitfalls associated with transitioning to EMR and develop a strong understanding of the key components that can lead to successful implementation of EMR within your own agency. This session is ideal for agency decision makers who are considering implementing an EMR in their agency. Course instructor - David Tapia Read More

The new proposed conditions of participation focus heavily on QAPI and outcomes. How do you as an agency leader motivate and inspire these outcomes? This presentation will focus on teaching specific strategies and provide tools to assist you in identifying documentation trends and action plans to improve the quality of your documentation, while meeting regulatory guidelines. Course instructor - J'non Griffin Read More

Upcoming changes in healthcare policy are putting a new emphasis on care transitions, involving hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies and other key healthcare providers. The Affordable Care Act will impose financial penalties on hospitals with high rates of readmissions. Therefore hospitals looking to reduce their readmission rates will likely consider a home health agency’s involvement and association in the readmission process. As such, the number of referrals a home health agency may receive from a local area hospital could be determined by the quality of interventions used by the agency to prevent avoidable re-hospitalizations. Home health agencies associated with low hospital readmission rates will be more likely to receive higher referrals in the face of these new policies. FMQAI, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organizations (QIO) in Florida, launched the No Place Like Home Campaign to assist hospitals and their down-stream providers, including home health agencies, to promote seamless transitions between care settings by increasing care coordination and communication and to reduce hospital readmissions by improving processes of care. Course instructor - Janie Copeland Read More

Starting in 2015 it is a requirement for all nurses in the state of Florida to complete a two-hour course on nursing laws and practice in Florida.  This course is a part of the total 24 hours that are required each biennium and includes content on Chapters 456 and Chapter 464 of the Florida Statutes This course is made up of 5 lessons that contain the information you need to know about nursing laws and practice in Florida and satisfies the State's new requirement. Read More