Program Description: The Medicare home infusion therapy (HIT) supplier benefit is a new Medicare Part B benefit effective January 1, 2021. This presentation reviews the qualifications for enrolling as a HIT provider, including the requirement of accreditation by a Medicare approved accrediting organization. The CMS HIT Conditions for Coverage and additional requirements for payment will (more…)
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Another Coding season began on October 1, 2020. As always there are new deleted and revised ICD-10 codes. Accurate coding plays an intricate part in reimbursement and accuracy in home health. There are almost 70,000 codes and while a coder will probably never use most of these, it is important to know (more…)
This program is for both frontline and leadership staff and how they can effectively engage self care strategies regardless of their level within their organization. Being mentally tough means individuals are equipped to do what needs to be done regardless of how they feel or even if they like it. Pam and Vik will explore (more…)
Clinical Documentation Improvement Including Virtual Visits Wednesday, December 16, 2020 1:00pm-2:30pm Program Description: Clinical Documentation is “telling the patient’s story” and clearly showing the value of the home care services. Few people see the patient and everyone else must read the story. To provide a foundation for CDI Programs, agencies must educate clinicians and provide (more…)
Home health clinicians encounter all types of medications in their patients’ medicine cabinets and it is important that they are well-grounded in pharmacology. This webinar series will cover the key principles of pharmacology and review medications used to treat common diseases and conditions. Series participants will learn concepts important to the use of medications (more…)
Wound care is an essential part of home care, but staffing all the necessary visits can be challenging for most agencies. This multi-part series will give your nurses the tools they need to properly train nursing assistants and confidently delegate wound care — all within each person’s scope of practice. The series includes basic wound (more…)
This series will give the paraprofessional the skills to communicate with a client with mental illness, understand the symptoms of mental illness, what to report to the care manager on the case and how to assist a client to maintain their overall self-care management. Providing staff with the skills to understand the client with mental (more…)
Therapy non-compliance is a problem. Often home care patients are not complying correctly with their prescribed therapy schedule, which results in an unnecessarily heightened risk of morbidity, mortality and higher health costs. Emphasis has now shifted to an agreement between patients and practitioners about the course of treatment. This reframing sets the stage for therapy (more…)
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