(Available after live event on 4/16/09)

MAJOR REGULATORY CHANGES will occur in 2009 affecting outcomes, payments, surveys, and operations in home health. Many homecare providers are unaware of these changes or do not understand the implications.

According to a survey conducted by Beacon Health®:

• More than 75 percent of homecare providers have NOT seen the revised OASIS (OASIS-C), the first major revision in nearly a decade. Learn how it will impact your agency.
• More than 90 percent are not concerned about Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs). They should be.
• Nearly half of those surveyed say diagnosis coding is one of their clinicians’ biggest challenges. This audio conference provides helpful tips and insights into proper coding.
• About 1 in 3 expect their staff to be a major source of grief in 2009. Invite your staff, dial in, and ease your burden.

Session 4: Diagnosis Coding: Biggest Challenges

Diagnosis coding is one of an agency’s biggest challenges—so big, in fact, that outsource coding companies are popping up everywhere. Whether you outsource or not, an agency’s clinicians MUST be at the core of any coding process.

We will review:

• Coding challenges in the revised PPS that every clinician faces
• The pros and cons of outsourcing
• Strategies for strengthening the clinician’s coding skills
• Working through actual homecare coding situations
• A quick look at what’s on the horizon—ICD-10 and more

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.

The Presenter: Diane J. Omdahl, RN, MS