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About Beacon Health Webcasts:

Each session is packed with new information, tips, and alerts for your entire staff.

First, we present a concise update of important homecare industry news. You’ll stay current while learning how to react to regulatory changes.

Next, we provide a detailed presentation of the topic-of-the-month. Staff receive the in-depth, homecare-specific guidance that only Beacon Health delivers.

A Q&A session during the last 15 minutes addresses your specific questions. Everyone gets an answer! If you think of a question right after the audio conference, fax it to us for a timely reply.

Earn CE Credits!

Beacon Health is a Division of HCPro, Inc.
HCPro, Inc. is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center Commission on Accreditation
This educational activity for 1.0 nursing contact hours is provided by HCPro, Inc.

 


2012 Summer Webcasts

Webcasts are available live and on CD
Click here to learn more about the Webcast format

5/17: Preparing for the Impact of PPS Changes - presented by Arnie Cisneros, PT
6/21: RAC and ZPIC Audit Preparation -
presented by Wayne H. van Halem, CFE, AHFI, and Mary Ellen Conway, RN, BSN
7/19: Critical Thinking and Interdisciplinary Care Management - presented by Cindy Krafft, PT, MS
8/16: Optimizing Process Measures in OASIS-C - presented by Lu Post, RN, MN, COS-C

Download the series brochure (PDF)

Who should participate?

  • Homecare owners
  • Homecare administrators and directors
  • Clinical managers and educators
  • Quality improvement managers
  • Case managers
  • Compliance officers
  • Coders
  • Therapists

Session Times: 1–2:30 p.m. Central
2–3:30 p.m. Eastern • 12–1:30 p.m. Mountain • 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Pacific

Session 1 - May 17
Preparing for the Impact of PPS Changes (click for complete details)
Position your agency to be successful in the upcoming era of changing payment models. Expert Arnie Cisneros, PT, provides a clinical perspective on the latest developments in the trend toward accountable care organizations and payment bundling methodology. Learn to think strategically about how your agency fits into the different payment models and how you can begin to adapt to the way Medicare will pay for care in the near future.

At the conclusion of this program you will be able to:

  • Clearly understand the status, timeline, and ramifications of the different proposed payment models and demonstrations that will impact home health in the coming years
  • Develop an action plan that puts your agency in the best possible position to thrive once the payment models come to fruition
  • Adapt your agency’s thinking to prepare for home health’s changing role in the Medicare payment system

Session 2 - June 21
RAC and ZPIC Audit Preparation (click for complete details)
Prepare your agency and defend against homecare RAC and ZPIC audits with practical strategies from audit specialist Wayne H. van Halem, CFE, AHFI, and former agency operator Mary Ellen Conway, RN, BSN. This program delivers methods for agencies to tighten interna controls by assessing their vulnerabilities, and helps prevent common errors providers make that can subject them to RAC and ZPIC scrutiny.

At the conclusion of this program you will be able to:

  • Identify internal audit techniques to expose your weaknesses and develop a plan of correction
  • Implement requirements for an effective compliance program, which is likely soon to be mandated by the Affordable Care Act
  • Take advantage of the data you provide to surveyors and analyze it for the benefit of your own agency

Session 3 - July 19
Critical Thinking and Interdisciplinary Care Management (click for complete details)
Medicare is not concerned with outcomes specific to therapy, nursing, or social work. In fact, since payments are based on the overall patient outcome, agencies need to encourage disciplines to work together to achieve the desired end results. Join thought-leader Cindy Krafft, PT, MS, for this groundbreaking program, which will change the way you think and focus efforts on patient care. You will learn to work smarter by using the tools you already have to yield an effective, interdisciplinary plan of care.

At the conclusion of this program you will be able to:

  • Remove the task-oriented mind-set prevalent in agencies today and develop patient care plans with input from the entire interdisciplinary team (IDT)
  • Take advantage of information you already possess—such as OASIS-C documentation—to drive the care planning process
  • Ensure collaborative patient care by communicating with members of the IDT despite not frequently interactin with them in person

Session 4: August 16
Optimizing Process Measures in OASIS-C (click for complete details)
Improve your understanding of OASIS-C process measures and learn how they can be important indicators of the quality of care your agency provides. OASIS-C expert Lu Post, RN, MN, COS-C, explains how process measures are reported and how your agency can improve them through staff education and implementation of policies, procedures, and best practices.

At the conclusion of this program you will be able to:

  • Address two of the most confusing and yet crucial process measures—the plan of care and intervention synopses
  • Adapt your agency’s intervention policies through an understanding of how process measures are calculated and how the results of your outcomes are impacted
  • Improve your agency’s reputation and marketability by using process measures to increase positive public perception

To register, call our customer service department at 800/553-2041,

Your Presenters
May 17 - PPS Expert: Arnie Cisneros, PT, president of Home Health Strategic Management, has provided clinical services, program development, and management consultation in the areas of geriatric rehab, sports medicine, and home health since 1979. As a practicing clinician, he provides working-level insight into program development and care consultation for home health providers.

June 21 - Audiitng expert Wayne H. van Halem, CFE, AHFI, helps providers navigate complex issues related to Medicare and Medicaid audits, appeals, enrollment, and compliance. He is a former auditor and national Appeals Director with Medicare. His van Halem Group consultants and clinicians are former HHS or Medicare contractor employees, and clients benefit from their firsthand knowledge and perspective.

Compliance expert Mary Ellen Conway, RN, BSN, is president of Capital Healthcare Group, who possesses expertise in operations and regulatory compliance issues in the acute care setting as well as in the post acute arena, from physician practice, home health, hospice, medical equipment, to supplemental staffing and accreditation.

July 19 - Patient care expert Cindy Krafft, PT, MS, is the director of rehabilitationconsulting services for Fazzi Associates, Inc. She works with agencies on developing their rehabilitation programs, training staff and management on appropriate therapy documentation, and providing therapy documentation audits so agencies can effectively navigate regulations and protect payment.

August 16 - OASIS-C expert Lu Post, RN, MN, COS-C, is president of Home Care Institute, LLC, a technology-based company with a focus on the development of homecare and hospice educational resources. She is certified as a clinical OASIS specialist from the OASIS Certificate and Competency Board, Inc. She has served in a variety of senior leadership and educational roles in home health and hospice for more than 20 years.

Beacon Health is a Division of HCPro, Inc.

HCPro, Inc. is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center Commission on Accreditation.

Each session constitutes educational activity for 1.5 nursing contact hours provided by HCPro, Inc.

For complete CE information, click here.

 

2012 Winter Webcasts

Efficient Agency Management
Winter 2012 Webcast Series

Presented by Paula Long, RN, CHCE

Webcasts are available on CD
Click here to learn more about the Webcast format

Competency Assessment - available on CD
Medicare Billing and Payment - available on CD
Assess ICD-10 Readiness - available on CD
Case-Based Clinical Documentation - available on CD

In the current homecare environment of budget cuts and increased workload, the best chance your agency has to stay in the black, provide quality care, and avoid staff burnout is to make the most of your resources.

Beacon Health’s 2012 winter webcast series, Efficient Agency Management, will help you accomplish just that with practical programs that help you reshape current processes to become more resourceful and compliant.

These four webcasts are cost-effective ways to save time and gain insight on topics that are vital to your agency’s Medicare compliance and bottom line. You’ll learn how to evaluate and improve staff competency, streamline billing procedures to collect the revenue you’ve earned, keep pace with ICD-10 to avoid gaps in revenue and compliance, and tighten clinical documentation to avoid common survey deficiencies committed by your peers.

Download the series brochure (PDF)

Who should participate?

  • Homecare Administrators and Directors
  • Clinical Managers and Educators
  • Quality Improvement Managers
  • Case Managers
  • Key Staff Members
  • Compliance Officers

Session 1 - available on CD
Competency Assessment (click for complete details)
Keep your clinicians effectively trained while improving the standards of care at your agency. This program shows you how to accurately measure and document the skills of your clinicians in conjunction with federal and state requirements. Identify who on your staff should be responsible for managing the competency assessment process, plus walk through a blueprint of what competencies should be assessed for each discipline and how to efficiently conduct the process on a regular basis.

At the conclusion of this program you will be able to:

  • Standardize the performance of clinicians throughout your agency by training and evaluating them on the same set of core competencies
  • Improve insufficient clinician skills through regular competency evaluation and appropriate training
  • Avoid citations and comply with federal and state regulations by maintaining accurate documentation of clinician competencies
  • Establish criteria to determine who on your staff is best equipped to serve as competency assessment manager
  • Streamline your competency assessment processes and make competency assessment a regular occurrence at your agency

Session 2 - available on CD
Medicare Billing and Payment (click for complete details)
Stop leaving precious Medicare dollars on the table. This program illustrates how you can bill more accurately to ensure you are getting paid appropriately for the services you provide. Learn how to educate staff on the elements that interfere with payment, and review a helpful checklist to ensure you have taken all the steps to code and bill properly, thus minimizing the risk of Medicare nonpayment.

At the conclusion of this program you will be able to:

  • Collect all the revenue to which you are entitled with a complete understanding
    of both covered and billable services
  • Conduct an internal claims audit to evaluate how accurate and efficient your billing procedures are
  • Understand how the HHRG is calculated so that accuracy is achieved and maintained
  • Avoid common billing missteps and get paid what you deserve

Session 3 - available on CD
Assess ICD-10 Readiness (click for complete details)
Assess your ICD-10 readiness and compare your progress against the implementation deadline. This program defines the homecare-specific operational and training needs for the transition, helps you assess vendor readiness, and introduces a realistic implementation timeline for the coming year.

At the conclusion of this program you will be able to:

  • Identify ICD-10 readiness by benchmarking your preparation against Beacon’s recommended timeline
  • Allocate 2012 and 2013 training dollars to ensure coding and clinical staff are ready for the new system
  • Audit your current coding process to improve efficiency
  • Save time, money, and confusion by addressing common denied claims under ICD-9 and ensuring the same mistakes are not made under ICD-10
  • Ensure your vendors are in step with the ICD-10 timeline

Session 4: available on CD
Case-Based Clinical Documentation (click for complete details)
Most of the top deficiencies under the new survey process are documentation related. This program uses case-based scenarios to illustrate how proper documentation can justify the services provided and withstand the subjectivity of both state and accreditor surveyor scrutiny. Learn how to prevent common compliance missteps in the troublesome areas of coordination of services, plan of care, and home health aides.

At the conclusion of this program you will be able to:

  • Correct clinical documentation mistakes that you never knew you were committing
  • Reduce surveyor scrutiny and minimize survey deficiencies by developing bulletproof documentation to justify your actions
  • Improve documentation accuracy with a thorough audit of your processes and identify training opportunities for your staff
  • Accurately document coordination of services, plan of care, and home health aide services
  • Strengthen the documentation of your skilled nursing and therapy services to ensure you are receiving the revenue you deserve

To register, call our customer service department at 800/553-2041,

Your Presenter
Paula Long, RN, CHCE, is the homecare and hospice regulatory specialist for Beacon Health, a division of HCPro. Prior to joining Beacon Health, she was director of both Sullivan County Community Hospital Home Health and Hospice of Sullivan County. She has more than 16 years of clinical, regulatory, and operational experience in home health and hospice.

Beacon Health is a Division of HCPro, Inc.

HCPro, Inc. is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center Commission on Accreditation.

Each session constitutes educational activity for 1.0 nursing contact hours provided by HCPro, Inc.

For complete CE information, click here.

2011 Fall Webcasts

Home Health Compliance
Fall 2011 Webcast Series

Presented by Paula Long, RN, CHCE

Webcasts are available on CD
Click here to learn more about the Webcast format

Face-to-Face Physician Encounters - available on CD
Therapy Documentation - available on CD
Avoid Top Survey Deficiencies - available on CD
2012 Home Health PPS Final Rule Analysis - available on CD

A homecare agency’s success is based on its ability to follow regulations and meet patient needs. But in an increasingly complex regulatory environment, many agencies struggle to keep up. Beacon Health’s fall webcast series: Home Health Compliance addresses current and future compliance pitfalls that your agency will need to avoid in order to maintain quality care and proper payment.

These four programs—formatted as webcasts for the first time—are designed to keep your agency in a perpetual state of survey readiness by strengthening your approach to hot-button issues such as face-to-face physician encounters and therapy documentation. In addition, you’ll discover how to avoid falling victim to some of the most frequently cited survey deficiencies, as well as preparation strategies for the changes to be mandated in the 2012 PPS Final Rule.

Download the series brochure (PDF)

Who should participate?

  • Homecare Administrators and Directors
  • Clinical Managers and Educators
  • Quality Improvement Managers
  • Case Managers
  • Key Staff Members
  • Compliance Officer

Session 1 - available on CD
Face-to-Face Physician Encounters (click for complete details)
Don’t be held hostage by incomplete physician documentation. This program delivers effective methods to navigate face-to-face physician encounters. You will discover how to communicate with physicians and discharge planners to maintain referrals and receive the cooperation you need to ensure your agency is paid for its services.

At the conclusion of this program you will be able to:

  • Ensure compliance through a complete understanding of the face-to-face physician encounter requirements
  • Discover communication strategies to partner with physicians and discharge planners to complete required documentation
  • Increase your bottom line by learning how to streamline your referral process to ensure physicians and discharge planners continue to refer to your agency
  • Develop smooth, consistent processes for physician documentation using the bonus customizable tools, which will simplify the physician’s ability to give you what you need

Session 2 - available on CD
Therapy Documentation (click for complete details)
Homecare agencies frequently overcomplicate therapy documentation requirements, devoting far more time and resources to assessments and reassessments than necessary. This webcast will explain how your agency can efficiently meet the timelines for therapy assessment and reassessment and still remain compliant. You will also learn which therapy visits are considered non-billable vs. non-covered, and the financial ramifications of the two.

At the conclusion of this program you will be able to:

  • Improve therapy documentation accuracy to ensure payment and compliance
  • Prove medical necessity and need for skilled care by practicing accurate documentation
  • Save time and money by minimizing the resources needed to conduct therapy reassessments
  • Reinforce that the services you determined through initial assessment are still relevant upon reassessment
  • Comply with CMS regulations by providing clear and concise processes for therapists to accurately document their work

Session 3 - available on CD
Avoid Top Survey Deficiencies (click for complete details)
Learn how to prevent common survey deficiencies from becoming your deficiencies. This program provides practical tips and strategies on how to comply with the Conditions of Participation (CoP), educate staff on the new survey process, and avoid common survey pitfalls as indicated by your peers in a recent Beacon Health survey.

At the conclusion of this program you will be able to:

  • Prevent citations by implementing practical, immediate-impact survey preparation tools, such as a mock survey
  • Save time by understanding the expectations of each CoP and preparing to address or defend the most frequently-cited areas
  • Minimize the unexpected on survey day by determining how your agency will be affected by the new survey processes, and preparing staff accordingly

Session 4: available on CD
2012 Home Health PPS Final Rule Analysis (click for complete details)
Each year providers face big changes, and 2012 is likely to be no different. This webcast will provide a clear understanding of how the 2012 Final Rule will affect your payment and operations. When you understand where CMS is headed in 2012, you’ll be well-equipped to plan and manage your own internal education and necessary process changes.

At the conclusion of this program you will be able to:

  • Avoid future deficiencies by incorporating necessary 2012 PPS updates into your existing policies, procedures, and processes
  • Avoid lost payment by preparing for the 2012 PPS Final Rule changes to coding, billing, and reimbursement
  • Develop an action plan for your agency to respond to the final rule by educating staff and ensuring the necessary steps are being taken to comply

To register, call our customer service department at 800/553-2041,

Your Presenter
Paula Long, RN, CHCE, is the homecare and hospice regulatory specialist for Beacon Health, a division of HCPro. Prior to joining Beacon Health, she was director of both Sullivan County Community Hospital Home Health and Hospice of Sullivan County. She has more than 16 years of clinical, regulatory, and operational experience in home health and hospice.

Beacon Health is a Division of HCPro, Inc.

HCPro, Inc. is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center Commission on Accreditation.

Each session constitutes educational activity for 1.5 nursing contact hours provided by HCPro, Inc.

For complete CE information, click here.

 

Optimal Homecare Outcomes
Summer 2011 Audio Conference Series

Presented by Paula Long, RN, CHCE

Audio conferences are available on audio CD

The New Survey Process - available on CD
Clinical Documentation Compliance - available on CD
Cost-Effective Wound Care *(special 75-minute program) - available on CD
Diagnosis Coding and the ICD-10 Transition - available on CD

In recent months, homecare agencies have experienced tremendous fiscal, clinical, and operational changes that affect how they do business. Yet, despite a new survey process, deep payment cuts, an impending overhaul to the coding system, heightened audit scrutiny, and a myriad of new rules, your agency must not only survive—but thrive—in this volatile environment.

Beacon Health’s summer audio series: Optimal Homecare Outcomes is designed to strengthen your agency in the critical areas of survey preparation, clinical documentation, wound care, and diagnosis coding. We know finding time and funding for education is difficult, so these monthly programs, presented by regulatory specialist Paula Long, RN, CHCE, are designed to help your agency maintain compliance, cut costs, and save valuable time so you and your staff can focus on optimal patient care and a healthy bottom line.

Download the series brochure (PDF)

Who should participate?

  • Homecare Administrators and Directors
  • Clinical Managers and Educators
  • Quality Improvement Managers
  • Case Managers
  • Key Staff Members
  • Compliance Officers

Session 1 - available on CD
The New Survey Process (click for complete details)
The blueprint for a deficiency-free survey is right at your fingertips, but do you know how to use it? This program will help you educate your agency on how to take advantage of the survey preparation offered by the revised State Operations Manual. You will learn exactly what a surveyor will ask on a visit, how to utilize specific reports in your favor, and how to transition your processes to become more data-driven and outcome-oriented. You will also learn how to avoid commonly-cited issues as well as simple, practical tips to help you on and after survey day.

At the conclusion of this program you will be able to:

  • Thoroughly prepare for survey by knowing what will be asked of you and what documentation may be requested
  • Use outcome reports, including potentially avoidable events, to prepare and prevent potential survey citations
  • Apply practical tips on survey day from an experienced provider that you would not get from reading the State Operations Manual
  • Perform the appropriate post-survey steps, including the plan of correction, to address deficiencies

Session 2 - available on CD
Clinical Documentation Compliance (click for complete details)
Eliminate payment delays, audit threats, and survey deficiencies by ensuring thorough and accurate clinical documentation. This program will deliver strategies to ensure your skilled services’ documentation is accurate and appropriate to reduce your audit risk and strengthen support for your payment claims. You will also discover how to avoid missed payment in areas such as observation and assessment, management and evaluation, and maintenance therapy due to incomplete documentation.

At the conclusion of this program you will be able to:

  • Ensure accurate and consistent clinical documentation by implementing proven, streamlined processes
  • Avoid common nursing and therapy documentation gaps that put you at risk for audit scrutiny
  • Prevent survey deficiencies through proper documentation of observation and assessment and management and evaluation
  • Avoid missed payment for maintenance therapy

Session 3 - available on CD* Special extended 75-minute presentation!
Cost-Effective Wound Care (click for complete details)
Wound care may be a commonly-cited area of homecare surveys, but it is also a place where you can significantly reduce cost without sacrificing care and compliance. In this special extended live program, wound care specialist Sue Hull, RN, MSN, CWOCN, and regulatory expert Paula Long, RN, CHCE, will reveal alternatives to expensive wound treatments as well as thorough assessment strategies that support wound healing and prevention. You will also learn documentation tips to help your agency accurately complete the OASIS-C and other appropriate forms, and guarantee you capture the payment you deserve.

At the conclusion of this program you will be able to:

  • Accurately assess wounds to provide the best treatment, the fastest possible healing, and proper completion of OASIS-C
  • Save money using cost-effective wound-care purchasing strategies
  • Eliminate the potential for infection and future wounds by addressing the cause and other contributing factors
  • Develop a reputation as a leading wound care agency to increase your referral business
  • Get 75 minutes of wound education for the same price as a one-hour show

Session 4: available on CD
Diagnosis Coding and the ICD-10 Transition (click for complete details)
Stay ahead of the updates to diagnosis codes, effective October 1, 2011, with Beacon Health. This program provides you with a head start on resolving ICD-9 coding changes and common coding errors that routinely affect agencies. In addition, regulatory expert Paula Long, RN, CHCE, will help you develop and assess a realistic action plan for ICD-10 implementation.

At the conclusion of this program you will be able to:

  • Minimize disruption to the coding process by preparing for upcoming changes to ICD-9
  • Avoid incorrect coding—and incorrect payment—of several frequently miscoded diagnoses
  • Take the right steps now to save time during the transition to ICD-10
  • Get your coding questions answered by a regulatory expert with more than 16 years of experience


To register, call our customer service department at 800/553-2041,

Your Presenter
Paula Long, RN, CHCE, is the homecare and hospice regulatory specialist for Beacon Health, a division of HCPro. Prior to joining Beacon Health, she was director of both Sullivan County Community Hospital Home Health and Hospice of Sullivan County. She has more than 16 years of clinical, regulatory, and operational experience in home health and hospice.

Beacon Health is a Division of HCPro, Inc.

HCPro, Inc. is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center Commission on Accreditation.

Each session constitutes educational activity for 1.0 nursing contact hours provided by HCPro, Inc.

For complete CE information, click here.

High Performance in the Revised PPS
Winter 2011 Audio Conference Series

Presented by Paula Long, RN, CHCE

Audio conferences are available on audio CD

Fine-Tuning Clinical and Operational Practice - available on CD
Overcoming Payment Cuts - available on CD
Improving Your Episode Management Process - available on CD
Integrating OASIS-C Data into Your Quality Program - available on CD

As you know, major changes in the 2011 PPS Final Rule took effect in January , affecting payment, outcomes and operations in the home health industry. With many providers still reeling from the implementation of OASIS-C, and time and resources at a premium, you not only need to know the Final Rule revisions—you also must know how to amend the operational and clinical business practices in your agency in order to maintain your financial health.

Join Beacon Health’s Homecare and Hospice Regulatory Specialist Paula Long, RN, CHCE, for the four-part audio conference series, High Performance in the Revised PPS. You will learn how to help your agency manage the repercussions of the Final Rule revisions and discover how to do more with less in the wake of major payment cuts. You will also leave each of these audio sessions with strategies you can immediately implement to improve your agency’s performance.

In just one hour each month—the length of each audio conference in the series--you’ll learn how to:

  • Manage the repercussions of the payment reductions
  • Refine your processes in several areas—from the way you provide therapy services to how you measure quality under OASIS-C
  • Fine-tune your episode management process
  • Incorporate outcome and process measurement into your quality program
  • Educate staff on clinical and operational changes

Who should participate?

  • Homecare Administrators and Directors
  • Clinical Managers and Educators
  • Quality Improvement Managers
  • Case Managers
  • Key Staff Members
  • Compliance Officers

Session 1: Available on CD
Fine-Tuning Clinical and Operational Practice
Learn the clinical and operational impact on your agency in the wake of 2011 changes to the PPS. Join Beacon Health for this program to learn how to ensure you are providing compliant supportive documentation for therapy services and face-to-face physician encounters. You will also discover how to satisfy enrollment requirements and apply all changes to your day-to-day operations.

You will:

  • Operationalize and document face-to-face physician encounters
  • Educate physicians on face-to-face requirements
  • Describe requirements for therapy service provision and documentation
  • Describe enrollment and capitalization requirements
  • Discuss quality reporting and HHCAHPS

Session 2: Available on CD
Overcoming Payment Cuts
Payment changes to the recently-released 2011 PPS Final Rule will affect the way your agency conducts business. Join Beacon Health for this program that will summarize the changes, explain the rationale behind them, and discuss how your agency should react to the changes to maintain quality and retain the revenue to which you are entitled.

You will:

  • Identify PPS payment updates related to the final rule
  • Describe the rationale behind the payment changes
  • Develop a comprehensive agency action plan to respond to the payment changes

Session 3: Available on CD
Improving Your Episode Management Process
Keep your agency running efficiently in the face of 2011 changes to the PPS. Join Beacon Health for this program to learn how to streamline the episode management process. You will discover strategies to improve the assessment and planning process, keep supply costs down, and educate staff to efficiently manage episodes and make capable decisions with fewer resources at their disposal.

You will:

  • Design a staff education program as it relates to episode management
  • Create a culture of clinical and operational accountability
  • Discuss the assessment and episode planning process
  • Identify ways to control and manage supply costs
  • Describe the importance of monitoring episodes of care related to financial health

Session 4: available on CD
Integrating OASIS-C Data into Your Quality Program
Incorporate recent changes to the PPS rule and OASIS-C data into your quality improvement efforts. Join Beacon Health for this live program and learn how to use OBQI, OBQM, and PBQI reports to get the most out of your quality program. You will discover how to best utilize the data from quality reports and subsequently base your program on outcome and process measures.

You will:

  • Interpret outcomes and process reports
  • Define best practices and evidence-based practices
  • Design the agency’s quality program based on outcome and process measures
  • Educate staff on all components of the quality program

Download the brochure (pdf)
 
To register, call our customer service department at 800/553-2041,
or download the brochure and fax your completed order form to 800/639-8511.

Your Presenter
Paula Long, RN, CHCE, is the Homecare and Hospice Regulatory Specialist for Beacon Health. Prior to joining Beacon Health, she was director of both Sullivan County Community Hospital Home Health and Hospice of Sullivan County. She has more than 15 years of clinical, regulatory, and operational experience in home health and hospice.

Beacon Health is a Division of HCPro, Inc.

HCPro, Inc. is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center Commission on Accreditation.

Each session constitutes educational activity for 1.0 nursing contact hours provided by HCPro, Inc.

For complete CE information, click here.

 

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