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NEW! CMS Home Health Services Criteria, Publication 100-2, Chapter 7 *

Every agency needs an up-to-date copy of Medicare rules. We’ve improved the usability of the CMS coverage criteria for Medicare-certified home health agencies by adding a table of contents. We also included sections, marked as deleted, so you can see what the CMS has recently removed.
(CMSHHSC):   $49.95    Wild Price: $44.96*

NEW! OASIS Implementation Manual, Chapter 8 *

The collection and submission of accurate data are imperative. This convenient compilation provides general instructions for implementing the OASIS, conventional rules to follow, an explanation of each OASIS item, more than 100 pages of item-by-item tips for collecting data, case examples, FAQs, and more.
(OIM8):   $49.95    Wild Price: $44.96*

NEW! CMS Home Health Billing Manual, Publication 100-4, Chapter 10 *

Is your agency receiving maximum payment for homecare services and supplies? This handy manual is a great resource for finding answers quickly and easily when you’re stumped with a billing question. Packed with examples, definitions, and calculations from the CMS.
(CMSHHBM):   $49.95   Wild Price: $44.96*

BEST VALUE! CMS Booklets: Bundle (pkCMSB):   $149.95    Wild Price: $112.39

Quit Fishing for Answers in the PPS

Put Diane Omdahl on your desktop and follow along as she guides you through the PPS maze with our NEW interactive in-service CD series, How the PPS Works.

Just load it in your CD drive and play using your Internet browser. Helpful graphics, charts, and animation provide for easy learning. Follow from beginning to end, jump around from section to section, repeat portions, or search for key words. For Windows® or Mac®.

NEW! Nonroutine Supplies in the Medicare PPS *
Clarifies the provision and reporting of nonroutine supplies in the PPS. You’ll gain a better understanding of new supply features in the revised PPS, nonroutine supplies case-mix model, role of the codes (HCPCS and HIPPS), the clinician’s role, and more.
(NRSPPS):   $195    Wild Price: $165*

NEW! The Case-mix Structure in the Revised PPS *
Provides a better understanding of assessment and the HHRG to correctly expose undiscovered acuities that lead to greater payment. You will explore the HIPPS code, the changes in the case-mix structure, the HHRG Four-equation Model, and more.
(CMSRPPS):   $195    Wild Price: $165*

NEW! Therapy Services in the Revised PPS *
Clarifies the therapist’s role and provides insights for the delivery of compliant therapy services in the PPS. You will learn the changes in the payment process for therapy services, the three therapy thresholds, one risk with M0826 that can be a reward, and more.
(TSRPPS):   $195    Wild Price: $165*

BEST VALUE! How the PPS Works: Bundle (pkHPPSW):   $585    Wild Price: $395

Keep Your Agency Humming

Protect your agency from payment denials, survey citations, fraud investigations, and more with Homecare Agency Reference Set.

Written specifically for homecare agencies, each book helps clarify the scope of Medicare home health services through practical hints and easy-to-understand, expert advice.

The Beacon Guide to Medicare Service Delivery: 2009 Edition (Available January 2009 - Call to order: 800-553-2041)*

Updated for the new regulations, The Beacon Guide will help your staff understand how to deliver and document patient care in compliance with the Medicare rules.   
Use it to:
•  Give staff a working knowledge of the current regulations.
•  Implement checks to ensure services are delivered according to regulations
•  Produce documentation that supports compliance and payment claims.
(BGMSD09):   $150   Wild Price:  $135*

The 485 Primer and Elements of Content *

This unique two-in-one manual promotes consistent, organized, individualized completion of the CMS 485. Includes samples of wording for locators, completed forms, rules for locator use, plus much more!
•  The 485 Primer helps you train staff to use the CMS forms properly.
•  The Elements of Content helps staff complete the forms correctly.
(P485EC):   $70    Wild Price: $63*

The Conditions of Participation and Interpretive Guidelines *

Here’s a concise, current set of the rules to simplify staff training and provide guidance for care delivery. Updated with the latest changes to the CMS’s Homecare Interpretive Guidelines, this manual:
•  Is easier to use, maintaining the three-column format.
•  Includes a comprehensive index to help you find information quickly.
(CPARTIG):   $50    Wild Price: $45*

BEST VALUE! Homecare Agency Reference Set (BARS) $245    Wild Price: $196

Have Your Aides Earned Their Stripes?

It’s the end of the year. Will all your home health aides meet their 12-hour in-service requirements?
 
Each one-hour, self-study lesson from the Home Health Aide On-the-Go™ In-service series analyzes a critical issue in home health care. Aides can complete their training on their own at their own pace.

Lessons include a clearly written fact sheet and illustrative case study about a timely homecare topic, a 10-question post-test, and an instructor’s lesson plan with tips, quiz answers, supplemental learning activities, and more.

Home Health Aide On-the-Go In-service :   

$360 each volume   Wild Price: $270 each volume

Choose from the following volumes:

Volume I (pkHHAIS1)
MRSA • HIPAA • Aides and Surveys • Patients in Pain • Preventing Falls • Observing/Reporting • Colostomy/Ileostomy • Elder Abuse • Alzheimer’s Disease • Diabetic Patients • Cultural Diversity • Skin Breakdown

Volume II (pkHHAIS2)
Violence in the Workplace • Urinary Tract Infections • Bowel Incontinence • Dyspnea • Patients and ADLs • Urinary Incontinence • Aphasia • Behavior Problems • Hip Surgery • Depression • Workplace Injury • Patient Rights

Volume III (pkHHAIS3)
The Aide Assignment Sheet • Patients w/ Arthritis • Personal Protective Equipment • Wound Care • Patient Complaints • Parkinson’s Disease • Multiple Sclerosis • Seizure Disorders  • Terminal Illness  • Fire Safety  • Renal Disease  • HIV Infection

Volume IV (pkHHAIS4)
Patients with Feeding Tubes • Compression Fractures • Hepatitis • Knee Surgery • Peritoneal Dialysis • Sleep Apnea • Infusion Therapy • Spinal Surgery • Hypertension • Quadriplegic Patients • Patients with Casts • Adult Asthma

Volume V (pkHHAIS5)
Safe Driving for the Aide • Dry Skin • Congestive Heart Failure • Vision Loss • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease • Aide/Patient Conflicts • Heart Surgery Patients • Updated Nutrition Practices • Safe Transfers • Oral Hygiene • Patients Undergoing Chemo. Treatment • Hearing Loss

Volume VI (pkHHAIS6)
Home Health Aide Professionalism • Vital Signs Basics and Update • Home Health Social Workers • The Aide’s Role with Therapy Patients • Management of the Home Environment • Overview: Medicare and Home Health • The Patient with Tuberculosis • Protecting Your Patients During Flu Season • Effective Documentation • Pain Management Update • Caring for the Terminally Ill • Personal Wellness

Volume VII (pkHHAIS7)
Foot Care • Restless Legs Syndrome • Hand Hygiene • Injuries Related to Summer Heat • Ethics and the Home Health Aide • Early Dementia • Comfort Measures for the Terminally Ill Patient • Patient’s Pets • Patient with a Urostomy • Meal Planning Tips for the Elderly Patient • Pressure Ulcers • Light Housekeeping Tips

Get the Most Doe for Supplies

Managing Supplies in the Revised PPSwill help your agency document and report the use of supplies correctly to receive maximum payment and avoid rejection or denial.

NEW! This handy manual addresses the real issues that affect nonroutine supplies and clearly explains how to process your claims. It answers specific questions submitted by actual homecare providers and members of the Beacon Institute.™ It’s packed with tips, examples, case studies, FAQs, an explanation of acronyms, helpful tables, “red flags” to avoid, and more. You’ll tackle everyday concerns with confidence.

Managing Supplies in the Revised PPS (MSRPPS):   $39.95    Wild Price: $29.96

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Train Your Hospice Aides or You’ll Egret It!

NEW! Every year, hospice aides must satisfy 12 hours of in-service training. Beacon Health’s new Hospice Aide On-the-Go™ In-service, Volume I, is created specifically for hospice aides and delivers the education they need. Each lesson focuses on care for the terminally ill hospice patient.

The first five lessons, PLUS a bonus lesson, will be delivered in December 2008 and include: Introduction to Hospice, Moving the Patient, Cultural Diversity, Respiratory Changes in the Terminally Ill, The Patient in Pain, Comfort Measures.

The next seven lessons will be delivered in April 2009: Oral Hygiene for the Dying Patient, Infection Control Primer,  Maintaining Skin Integrity, Advanced Directives Primer, The Patient’s Right to Choose, Anticipatory Grief, The Actively Dying Patient.

Hospice Aide On-the-Go In-service, Volume I (pkHOATG1):   $360   Wild Price: $270

Remain Confident and Compliant

Wherever you turn in today’s PPS homecare environment, your agency’s policies are being evaluated. Use theHomecare Policy Manual to make sure your agency is prepared.

This manual covers the entire range of subjects required for certification and accreditation in administration/operations, service delivery, and personnel areas. It includes a G-Tag and standards index to identify policies supporting compliance. Included is a CD version in Microsoft® Word so you can customize policies to meet state laws and address specific situations within your agency.

You get guidelines to help you customize the manual, a computer format that gives your agency unlimited flexibility to add or change procedures, practices, and other supportive materials, parameters that define how your agency complies with the regulations, a glossary of key terms, and more.

Homecare Policy Manual for Certification and Accreditation (HCPMCA):  $975    

Wild Price: $725

Silly Rabbit, Good Coding Skills Do Impact Payment

Good coding and documentation skills are vital.Diagnosis Coding in the Home Health PPShelps clinicians understand their role.

This DVD explains the coding process in three parts: clinical, coding, and payment factors. It integrates coding with compliance and clarifies the roles of the clinician and the coder. Discover how the principal reason for service drives diagnosis coding, explore the impact of the diagnosis code and OASIS on payment, and more! Includes a DVD, video program outline, written study guide, topics for discussion and role-playing, definitions of key terms and concepts, competency quiz and answers, and participant’s record. Nurses can earn 2.5 contact hours per program.

Diagnosis Coding in the Home Health PPS(VDCHHDVD):  $249    Wild Price: $177

Homebound Status Otter Be a Priority
Denials related to lack of documentation supporting homebound status continue to plague homecare providers.Homebound Status: The Core of Medicare Coverageclears up the confusion.

This DVD shows how functional limitations, medical/physical reason, impact on activity, and absences from the home can help you determine and document homebound status. Learn how to analyze, determine, and document homebound status like a pro! Includes a DVD, video program outline, written study guide, topics for discussion and role-playing, definitions of key terms and concepts, competency quiz and answers, and participant’s record. Nurses can earn 2.5 contact hours per program.

Homebound Status (VHOMEDVD):   $249    Wild Price: $177