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<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> In 2018, the median caregiver turnover hit 95% in the state of Florida. The average mid-sized home care agency loses over $100,000 from its bottom line due to caregiver turnover every year. Join HCAF as we welcome Home Care Pulse executives to address this critically important topic and share recruitment and retention strategies from a local perspective. Course Author:  <!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> Todd Austin Read more

Our new reality; risks are on the rise. With data breaches in the last nine years affecting over 2,500 healthcare data breaches and more than 500 records. Data breaches and resulting regulatory and legal action have escalated in healthcare with penalties reaching millions in 2019 so far. Learn about the common areas of vulnerability, the impact of data loss, key elements for protecting your organization, and ways to reduce risk. Read more

Safety in the home is critical year-round but becomes of particular concern around the holidays. This month, Erika C. Esnard, aka Miss Geriatrics, will interview Maureen Riser, owner of Home Instead Senior Care, Spring Hill about her experience of being one of the first US private duty home care organizations to implement protocol on how her staff enters and exits a clients’ home utilizing a Phoniro Care locking system.  Listen in to this fun webinar and learn what steps you can take to ensure your clients are safe for the holidays! Course Author: Erika Esnard  Read more

Did you miss your local HCAF Certified District Connection event? Did you attend in-person but want to the share the latest updates with your team? Register now for this online session! Hear from industry experts and learn latest policy updates to stay in-the-know from the comfort of your home or office. Experience a deep-dive analysis of the 2020 Medicare Final Rule from Healthcare Provider Solutions CEO Melinda Gaboury, and learn what your next steps should be for compliance and success. Plus, HCAF staff will provide a timely federal and state policy update. Course Author: Melinda Gaboury, Bobby Lolley and Kye Simon Read more

The new Medicare discharge planning rule should be an eye opener for many home health providers. Outcomes have always played an important role in the process, but now hospitals will have to report your agency’s care outcomes to prospective patients. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) believes that this policy change will improve transitions of care, increase a patient’s ability to access their health care information in a timely manner, and complement and align with efforts to improve interoperability across the care continuum. CMS also believes this supports patientcentered care and focuses on the patient as the driver of their health care, while simultaneously supporting the patient’s right to make their own health care decisions. Hospitals and home health agencies will need to comply with the new discharge requirements before November 29, 2019. Join Home Health Solutions CEO J’non Griffin next Friday, November 8 for a webinar presentation on this new requirement. During this presentation, attendees will find out why institutional referrals are more important under the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM), and how providers must adapt to the changes and be the patient’s provider of choice. In addition, attendees will learn what new discharge planning requirements home health providers are responsible to carry out in order to be in compliance.    Course Author: J'non Griffin  Read more

The Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) dramatically impacts agency operations, processes, and performance. This full-day workshop will provide the strategies and processes to prepare. Topics will focus on best episode management and process improvement practices, including referral, intake, and scheduling processes to help you more tightly manage care within the shorter 30-day payment period. Speaker/Course Author - Melinda Gaboury, COS-C  Read more