WEBINAR          August 6th, 7th, 13th, &14th – 10am- 11:30am Is your agency prepared for the all the changes that will come with PDGM? This 4-part webinar series with Melinda Gaboury will give you the essentials your agency will need to prepare for PDGM. This series will cover coding changes, OASIS integrity, financial structure changes, LUPA’s, (more…)

CMS requirements for coding, not only the terminal illness, but also the related and unrelated diagnoses continue to create considerable challenges for hospices. Hospices have learned that the official coding guidelines do apply to hospice. Learning to apply the guidelines to hospice cases, including staying away from unacceptable primary diagnoses, getting medical director involvement, and (more…)

An investment in staff education is an investment in quality customer service for all types of agencies.  Your direct care staff needs quality educational offerings on caregiver topics important to them, and we have it!  This specialized monthly webinar series, geared for direct home care staff, offers a one-hour educational webinar, plus a concise newsletter (more…)

Accurate coding is essential under to assure appropriate reimbursement.  The Patient Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) only complicates the already cumbersome process.  Prepare more of your staff with this 4-part webinar Series for Beginner Coders. The series will provide attendees with an overview of how to assign codes and examine coding guidelines which are significant for (more…)

Gender and sexual minorities may have specific experiences, needs and preferences that health and social care professionals need to be aware of to provide the best possible care at the end of life. Current discussions of dying and death in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) community need to go farther than just (more…)

Primary diagnosis changes and more could be overlooked under PDGM changes. Be ready!     Clearly there will be big changes in 2020.  This webinar goes beyond providing your staff with the code changes for October 1st and combines the impact to home health case mix as well as a review of the coding guideline (more…)

WEBINAR 9/30, 10/1 & 10/2, 10am- 11:30am Recording available Be among the elite group of billers that are current on all Hospice Medicare billing regulations.  Billing is a very critical part of hospice reimbursement, which driven by excellent care and documentation and a billing staff that can make it happen.  Is your hospice billing staff (more…)