Sign
up today for Beacon Health’s new teleconferences, and let our
expert instructors teach your staff how to:
Avoid
costly payment denials
• Put diagnoses and codes together to support
the plan of care.
• Ensure accuracy of the Home Health Resource Group (HHRG).
Stop losing thousands of dollars
unnecessarily
• Explain your agency’s responsibilities
for Medicare coverage of wound care and other supplies.
• Clear away myths and misconceptions about the SCIC adjustment.
Increase staff productivity without
endangering your agency
• Learn strategies for accurately completing OASIS
data elements and assessments.
• Get tips and insights to strengthen PPS documentation.
• Find out about recent changes to ICD-9 codes, OASIS™,
and more.
Ensure your agency’s future
success
• Get all the latest information on critical homecare
happenings.
• Learn how to master the 2003 survey process.
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"PPS
Fitness" Teleconference Sessions:
Session
One:
Building OASIS Expertise
Session
Two:
Mastering Diagnosis Coding
Session
Three:
PPS Challenges –SCIC & Supplies
Session
Four:
Survey Survival Strategies
All
Sessions are completed. Order audio cassette programs today!
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About
Beacon Health Teleconferences:
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 teleconference, fax it to us for a timely reply.
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Introducing
the Winter/Spring 2003 Teleconference Series presented
by Beacon Health,"Focus
on the PPS."
In
the ever-changing home health care industry, quality
education is key to maintaining a successful agency.
And, teleconferences are the most cost-effective tool
for education. Beacon Health’s teleconferences
are highly acclaimed by providers across the nation.
Plus, they are simply the best value you’ll find
in homecare.
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To
sign up online, click on the "Register Now" icon
above to select sessions for which to register. Or, click
on the "Download Now" icon above to download a
printable brochure and registration form. Or, you can contact
Customer Service at 1-800-553-2041 to register.
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The
Sessions:
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January
Session
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Building
OASIS Expertise
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February
Session
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Mastering
Diagnosis Coding
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March
Session
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PPS
Challenges —SCIC and Supplies
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April
Session
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Survey
Survival Strategies
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Earn
1.2* Continuing Education Credits
for each nurse participant per session by returning
a completed evaluation with a $5.00 per person processing
fee. *1.0 in Florida
Beacon
Health is approved as a provider of continuing education
in nursing by the Continuing Education Approval Program
Committee of the Wisconsin Nurses Association, which
is accredited as an approver of continuing education
in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s
Commission on Accreditation. Beacon Health is approved
by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider
Number 10606 for 1.2 contact hours, and the Florida
Board of Nursing, Provider Number 2075.
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Who
should participate?
• Homecare Administrators and
Directors
• Clinical Managers, Educators
• Quality Managers
• Homecare Nurses
Plus, with information presented in a concise, easy-to-understand
manner — feel free to invite your entire staff!
'Use
these sessions:
• for monthly in-services
• to update your staff, and
• to keep your entire staff focused on your agency’s
success.
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 Session
#1— Building
OASIS Expertise
Dates:
COMPLETED – Audio
Cassettes are available, Call 1-800-553-2041
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Implemented
in 1999, the OASIS continues to confound homecare providers.
This in-depth analysis of some of the most challenging aspects
of the OASIS will help your staff gain expertise — and
keep your agency in the clear.
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will learn about: |
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the latest revisions to the OASIS data set and assessments
• how changes to the OASIS affect agency policy and procedures
• HHRG trouble spots
• smart — and safe — ways to respond to confusing
and controversial data elements
• start of care, transfer, and discharge assessments
— which assessments when.
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Session #2— Mastering Diagnosis Coding
Dates:
COMPLETED – Audio
Cassettes are available, Call 1-800-553-2041
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Clinicians
are not coding experts — nor should they be — but
they are playing a more important role in diagnosis coding
and documentation. In this session, clinicians will learn
proper coding practices to ensure compliance and appropriate
payment and prevent denials.
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will learn about: |
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the 2003 changes to the ICD-9 codes
• how the changes in thecodes affect documentation and
payment
• the clinician’s appropriate role in diagnosis
coding
• strategies for principal and pertinent diagnoses
• manifestation, trauma, and V codes.
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Session #3— PPS Challenges — SCIC & Supplies
Dates:
COMPLETED – Audio
Cassettes are available, Call 1-800-553-2041
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Two years
into the PPS and providers are still trying to sort through
the significant change in condition (SCIC) adjustment and
the consolidated billing requirement. This session will provide
clear guidance for compliance to help you overcome the challenges.
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will learn about: |
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developing a SCIC procedure
• SCIC adjustments, resumption of care, and improvement
• how to sift through all the misinformation on SCICs
• an agency’s responsibilities for Medicare coverage
of wound care and other supplies
• risks associated with supplies
• how to avoid losing thousands of dollars to unnecessary
SCICs.
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Session #4— Survey Survival Strategies
Dates:
COMPLETED
– Audio Cassettes are available, Call 1-800-553-2041
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Surveyors
used to evaluate your agency’s compliance with the Conditions
of Participation and state regulations through random record
review. Now, they come armed with OBQM and OBQI data, looking
at many different things. In this session, you’ll learn
about the 2003 version of the survey process and strategies
to ensure your agency’s success.
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Participants
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pre-survey tips to reduce stress
• the impact of HIPAA and surveyor access to employee
health and patient records
• the role of OBQM and OBQI
• techniques for successful interactions with surveyors
• ways to show that your agency is in compliance.
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Register
Today!
To
sign up online, click on the "Register Now" icon
above to select sessions for which to register. Or, Click
on the icon below to download a printable brochure and registration
form. You can also contact Customer Service at 1-800-553-2041
to register.
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