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On September 30, 2019 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services finalized two home health policy changes in the Federal Register that impact your agency. Join Home Health Solutions CEO J'non Griffin for a brief webinar presentation to review these changes, which include: DISCHARGE PLANNING The long-awaited final rule, effective next month, that scales back what an agency is required to do when discharging a patient. HOME HEALTH AIDE SKILL COMPETENCY TESTING A separate rule clarifying home health aide skill competencies, effective immediately. Course Author:  J’non Griffin, RN, MHA, WCC, HCS-D, HCS-H, COS-C Read more

We don’t have to be superheroes or super human to be on top of our game! Cheryl Peltekis, RN, is a mom of five, and has also owned and operated a home health, hospice, and private duty agency since 1995. Her home health agency is Joint Commission-accredited and 5-star-rated and located in Pennsylvania, a non-Certificate of Need state, which is crawling with competition. This presentation tells her story and is one that will be familiar to many in the industry. Cheryl currently is on a mission of helping get over one million patients/clients identified to receive services by post-acute providers that deliver services in patients’ homes! Speaker/Course Author - Cheryl Peltekis, RN Read more

The Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) represents a wholesale change in how home health agencies will operate in the future. Significant changes will affect all elements of care production and delivery, but there has been little in terms of clinical and operational specifics as to how to manage staff and programs for quality care outcomes. Prepare your agency by attending this progressive presentation which outlines operational and management models to assure PGDM success in value terms. Course Authors:  <!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> Kim McCormick, RN,BSN & Arnie Cisneros, PT  Read more

Now more than ever will coding and OASIS be important. The Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) clinical groupings and co-morbidities will be determined by your agency’s coding, and the functional limitations will be based on your OASIS responses. Learn how to take this to the next level and work scenarios related to common home health care scenarios. We will discuss when your agency should do other follow up or significant change in conditions, when you should discharge a patient to an inpatient facility versus transfer, and how to assist with or suggest appropriate utilization. Learn where Florida is scoring/trending based on 2017 rates, and how you can tell where your particular agency will fall. Join us for this full-day class to assist you in moving forward with PDGM.  Speaker/Course Author - J'non Griffin  Read more

Find out how understanding current productivity and efficiency metrics is driving high impact results and empowering smart business decisions to optimize referring physician relationships, internal processes, and cash flow challenges in the new Patient-Driven Groupings Model universe.  Speaker/Course Author - Windy Adams Read more

This presentation will cover how revenue cycle departments will be impacted by the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM). It will review the key PDGM indicators that an agency must consider in order to monitor readiness for transition into the new payment model.  Speaker/Course Author - Charles Breznicky & Jess Stover  Read more