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Through the years the Health Care Industry has seen expansion of multiple payment models, payment reform, and changes related to rules and regulations.  All revolve around a common subject – “the patient”.  This presentation will discuss wound care resolutions  within the home care scope of practice including best practices, assessment tools, and product efficacy that will embrace optimizing patient outcomes in a cost-effective manner.       Course Authors: Sue Kennedy, RN, BS, CWOCN, FACCWS, COS-C and Debbie Ritter, RN, BSN, CWOCN, FACCWS PT credits awarded for course completions are approved for 1 year and expire at the end of the calendar year unless otherwise stated. For a complete list of courses offering PT credits for this year, click here. Read more

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is aggressively targeting home care agencies with wage and hour compliance audits. This informative and interactive session will teach you how to prepare for and successfully defend a DOL audit. From how to deal with the investigator, preparing documents, and through a checklist of the DOL's hot button topics, this seminar will allow you to not only survive but thrive in your audit. Bring your wage and hour questions and get answers and tactics to prevail if the DOL comes calling. Course Authors: Bob King, Esq. Read more

This program will be an in-depth look at agencies' client service agreements. These agreements allow an agency to get paid and help protect the agency from liability. They are used in every transaction and are the foundation of an agency's business. This presentation will provide a comprehensive list of provisions to include in the agreements -- including sample language for attendees to use -- as well as problem areas to avoid. The program is very interactive and leaves ample time for audience questions. Course Instructor - Bob King, Esq. Read more

The implementation of the new CoPs will prove to be an enormous time and cost burden to your agency. With the CMS push-back to January of 2018, time is clearly on your side. But you cannot afford to wait. Training your agency and getting policies and procedures into place NOW will prove invaluable in preparing for the January implementation date. While care planning and care coordination requirements are at the core of the new CoPs, the entire organization will need re-working. Arlene Maxim and Stefanie Woodrow will guide you through some of the most concerning elements of these new conditions, with focused attention to: · Organization and Administration · Care Planning and Care Coordination · Home Care Aide Requirements Creating an assessment and a plan of care that is unique to the individual patient with limited orders and specific goals will be new territory for agencies. Arlene and Stefanie will provide strategies for communicating with and gathering information from providers in other settings. Course Instructor - Arlene Maxim RN & Stefanie Woodrow​ PT credits awarded for course completions are approved for 1 year and expire at the end of the calendar year unless otherwise stated. For a complete list of courses offering PT credits for this year, click here. Read more

This session will provide an update of recent accounting pronouncements that impact the financial statements of home care agencies. Course Authors: Charity Hathorne, Gregg Hathorne Read more

Unlike other Medicare service providers, clinicians in the home health care industry are isolated as they plan care, develop service utilization, and complete documentation. Studies show that a team approach increases job satisfaction and accuracy -- so why aren’t we doing this in the home health care industry? Most agencies have clinicians tied up in a never-ending loop of repeated corrections and returns causing frustration, extra work, after hours documentation, and high turnover. Learn how to develop and utilize OASIS data during the home visit, implement the evidence-based care plan using the referring diagnosis (not the subjective nursing assessment), and bring the claim to a RAP-ready state as the clinician leaves the home. Read more