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The PDGM has brought many changes to home health and the PDGM is not all that reimbursement is made up of. In addition to working through the fine details of the PDGM changes, the workshop will also cover extensive examples for Low Utilization Payment Adjustments (LUPAs), Partial Episode Payments (PEPs), and outlier adjustments. There will be a discussion of pre-billing claim reviews and the significance of them.  The impact of OASIS, ICD-10 coding, and medical review programs have the potential to more directly impact reimbursement than some of the other aspects of the PDGM, and this workshop will get you up to date on all of that as well. Additionally, with cash flow being one of the gravest areas of concern for providers in recent months, this workshop will take you through the basics of cash flow projections and how best to make that work in your organization.  Whether you are a biller, collector, or administrator, this workshop is just what is needed to get you up to date on all things home health reimbursement.  What is billable and non-billable in today’s COVID-19 pandemic world? Can you bill for telehealth visits? Does your physician and non-physician practitioner telehealth face-to-face encounter contribute to your patient eligibility for home health? These and many other questions will be answered in this information-packed two-day workshop. Don’t miss the opportunity to hear strategies and lessons learned during this public health emergency from national speaker Melinda Gaboury, CEO of Healthcare Provider Solutions, Inc.  During this workshop providers will learn why it’s so important to understand the billing flexibilities that were afforded to Medicare providers to ensure cash flow doesn’t stop. If one or more,of these billing parts are missing or are incorrect, agencies set themselves up for denials, Additional Documentation Requests, and a host of other billing dilemmas that should be avoided. Participants will walk away with a much clearer understanding of Medicare billing practices under the PDGM and COVID-19. Course Author: Melinda Gaboury  Read more

The PDGM has brought many changes to home health and the PDGM is not all that reimbursement is made up of. In addition to working through the fine details of the PDGM changes, the workshop will also cover extensive examples for Low Utilization Payment Adjustments (LUPAs), Partial Episode Payments (PEPs), and outlier adjustments. There will be a discussion of pre-billing claim reviews and the significance of them. The impact of OASIS, ICD-10 coding, and medical review programs have the potential to more directly impact reimbursement than some of the other aspects of the PDGM, and this workshop will get you up to date on all of that as well. Additionally, with cash flow being one of the gravest areas of concern for providers in recent months, this workshop will take you through the basics of cash flow projections and how best to make that work in your organization. Whether you are a biller, collector, or administrator, this workshop is just what is needed to get you up to date on all things home health reimbursement. What is billable and non-billable in today’s COVID-19 pandemic world? Can you bill for telehealth visits? Does your physician and non-physician practitioner telehealth face-to-face encounter contribute to your patient eligibility for home health? These and many other questions will be answered in this information-packed two-day workshop. Don’t miss the opportunity to hear strategies and lessons learned during this public health emergency from national speaker Melinda Gaboury, CEO of Healthcare Provider Solutions, Inc. During this workshop providers will learn why it’s so important to understand the billing flexibilities that were afforded to Medicare providers to ensure cash flow doesn’t stop. If one or more,of these billing parts are missing or are incorrect, agencies set themselves up for denials, Additional Documentation Requests, and a host of other billing dilemmas that should be avoided. Participants will walk away with a much clearer understanding of Medicare billing practices under the PDGM and COVID-19. Course Author: Melinda Gaboury  Read more

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, more and more people needing ongoing care have opted to stay home. With the news reports of Coronavirus spreading unabated in institutional facilities, the safest place for people to be is in their home. Private duty agencies have a unique and powerful story to tell during and after this time. Join Power Shot Training CEO Michael Giudicissi for a lunch chat on how to tell that story, how to mitigate the risk to clients, and how to effectively get your message to referral sources. Home care marketing & sales has changed, probably forever. Learn what’s new and what’s now so your agency can grow during these trying times.  Course Author: Michael Giudicissi  Read more

Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) is a formal program in health care, with CDI certified professionals in many hospitals. This webinar will discuss CDI in home health —explaining the various goals and objectives in order to excel in documentation. Primary goal is to prevent and avoid denials, maximize optimal reimbursement, and prevent condition-level deficiencies, immediate jeopardy, and sanctions. We are under such scrutiny in home health; this webinar will show you how to refine your documentation approach with a CDI program.    Course Authors: Sharon Litwin  Read more

The Home Care Association of Florida (HCAF) invites you to join fellow home health providers on Thursday, May 21 for our Home Care Connection: Certified Edition Spring 2020 event. In light of the COVID-19 public health emergency, we have consolidated our regional, in-person events into one statewide webinar event. During the two-hour presentation, Simione Healthcare Consultants' Julia Maroney and Rob Simione will examine recent transformational policy changes and their impact on home health providers, as well as review strategies for 'getting back to normal' once the COVID-19 pandemic subsides. Topics to be discussed include, among others: - The federal CARES Act, Medicare provider relief funding, and what you need to know about tracking your expenses; - Public health emergency considerations now and going forward to better protect the safety of your staff and patients (e.g., access to personal protective equipment, fostering social distancing in the workplace, etc.); - What the new Medicare provider waivers mean for home health, notably non-physician practitioner certifying eligibility for home health services, and changes to homebound status and the face-to-face encounter requirement; - The increasing importance of telehealth as a care delivery system; and, - Assessing the first five months of Medicare's Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM). Following this information-packed presentation, HCAF's Bobby Lolley and Kyle Simon will provide a brief update on the 2020 Florida Legislative Session, regulatory developments, and other issues that impact your business. Course Authors: Robert Simione, Julia Maroney, Bobby Lolley and Kyle Simon​ Read more

This webinar is in follow-up to our recent webinar on Tracking Expenditures of Medicare Emergency Relief Funds. During this online presentation, Melinda Gaboury, CEO of Healthcare Provider Solutions, will briefly review the tracking and reporting requirements related to how agencies spent the funds that were received from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services before diving into updates that were released since then. As mentioned in the last webinar, you need to track every penny. Therefore, during this webinar the speaker will share and walk you through a template developed by the National Association for Home Care and Hospice that is designed to assist you in this process.    Course Author: Melinda Gaboury  Read more