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With the rising cost of treatment of pressure ulcers, it is necessary to be up to date on the most current treatment options related to pressure ulcer management. This webinar identifies the factors associated with the development of pressure ulcers, characteristics and staging of pressure ulcers, and current treatment options in managing and healing pressure ulcers. Nutrition and pressure relief devices will also be discussed as these are the key to effective wound healing. Course Instructor - J'non Griffin & Heather Calhoun Read More

This program will provide the participants with Medicare coverage guidelines for infusion therapy, as well as an overview of patient selection and medical supplies associated with the delivery of infusion therapy under Medicare. Presenter Mary Ann Knee will provide guidance on staff selection and competencies, as well as legal aspects of providing infusion therapy in the home care setting. At the end of the program, you will be able to answer the question of whether or not your agency should provide infusion therapy. Course Instructor - Mary Ann Knee 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

Competency is the knowledge, education, skills, and experience an employee possess for job performance. A competency program is designed to ensure employees, subcontractors, students and/or volunteers, are qualified and competent to perform direct or indirect responsibilities. This session will teach you how to set up the competency program and effectively manage it. Course Instructor - Sharon Litwin 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

Clinicians need more practical assessment/teaching applications, techniques, and methodologies, so they are prepared to better foster self-efficacy in this rapidly changing chronic care management model environment. Where the ability to increase the results for positive patient-centered outcomes can determine whether or not a home health agency is chosen as a part of an ACO, Post-Acute Care Transition Model, or Patient Centered Medical Model, or not. Course Instructor - Susan J Carmichael   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

MS has focused much of their recent health care reform efforts on costly and inefficient elements of traditional care delivery under the Medicare model. One of the greatest cost concerns of the care continuum is the rate of hospital readmissions; particularly those patients who return to the hospital within 30 days of discharge. These patients, who are unable to complete their care episodes in the community due to medical concerns, nearly double the cost of the episode when they are readmitted to the hospital. Beginning October 1, hospitals were penalized for readmissions that occur for specific diagnoses, and this will continue to the eventual ACO/Bundling models, where readmissions will be effectively un-funded for hospital providers. This webinar series will address the topic of costly readmissions, how some hospitals are preparing to address these concerns, the role of post-acute home health providers in reducing the rate of re-hospitalizations, and ideas on how to address patients traditionally readmitted to acute care. In addition, specific diagnoses will be vetted for focused and effective interventions that can reduce returns to acute care hospitals. Readmission rates are expected to decline to single digit levels over the next decade, and the time to prepare your staff and care protocols to achieve these levels is now. Course instructors - Arnie Cisneros & Linda Alexander Read More

MS has focused much of their recent health care reform efforts on costly and inefficient elements of traditional care delivery under the Medicare model. One of the greatest cost concerns of the care continuum is the rate of hospital readmissions; particularly those patients who return to the hospital within 30 days of discharge. These patients, who are unable to complete their care episodes in the community due to medical concerns, nearly double the cost of the episode when they are readmitted to the hospital. Beginning October 1, hospitals were penalized for readmissions that occur for specific diagnoses, and this will continue to the eventual ACO/Bundling models, where readmissions will be effectively un-funded for hospital providers. This webinar series will address the topic of costly readmissions, how some hospitals are preparing to address these concerns, the role of post-acute home health providers in reducing the rate of re-hospitalizations, and ideas on how to address patients traditionally readmitted to acute care. In addition, specific diagnoses will be vetted for focused and effective interventions that can reduce returns to acute care hospitals. Readmission rates are expected to decline to single digit levels over the next decade, and the time to prepare your staff and care protocols to achieve these levels is now. Course instructors - Arnie Cisneros & Linda Alexander Read More