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Countdown to 2013: Conversion from ICD-9 TO ICD-10 Jennifer Warfield, RN, BSN, HCS-D, COS-C, PPS PLUS Education Director As a homecare coding specialist, OASIS specialist and registered nurse with 30 years of clinical and management experience, Jennifer is an informational ally for hundreds of home health agencies across the country. Well known as an ICD-9 coding and OASIS expert, she frequently conducts online and on-site educational workshops and is a regular guest speaker at numerous home care conferences throughout the country. Developed as a means of tracking causes of death, the ICD system is now used by the World Health Organization (WHO) to collect causes of morbidity and mortality. The US is behind other industrialized countries as we still utilize the ICD-9 system of coding. On Oct 1, 2013, the US will change from ICD-9 to ICD-10 for medical diagnoses in home health. This transition will require major changes for agencies. Join Jennifer Warfield as she presents an introduction to the transition. Learn what you should be doing now, important dates to remember and ways to start preparing your staff. Watch the Video |
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Case Management - The Key to Success in Homecare Sharon M. Litwin, Senior Managing Partner of 5 Star Consultants Sharon is a nationally known speaker on the topic of Homecare Case Management. She has over 25 years experience in the homecare industry, and has been Executive and Regional Directors in Homecare Companies. She will share her winning strategies to use within a case management model:
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2012 Final Rule Jennifer Warfield, RN, BSN, HCS-D, COS-C, Educational Director Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 2pm Central After much anticipation, the Home Health Final Rule was released on October 31, 2011. The 2012 Final Rule contains many changes that agencies will need to be familiar with in order to be compliant and successful in 2012. The Final Rule contains clarifications and changes to the F2F guidelines, information regarding essential HTN, case-mix points, changes to therapy weights, annual market basket information and much more. Join Jennifer Warfield as she helps you decipher and understand the areas of the Final Rule that will affect Home Health agencies the most. Watch the Video |
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The Impact of the 2012 Changes on Home Health Coding Judy Adams, RN, BSN, HCS-D, HCS-O, COS-C Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 2 pm Central The influence of ICD-10 continues to be seen in the changes to ICD-9-CM codes. All of the new and changed codes for this year provide greater specificity. This 90- minute webinar will not only review the codes most likely to impact home health care of the nearly 200 new and changed codes, but also identify the codes that have received case mix designation for 2012, and review the changes in the ICD-9-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting that became effective 10/1/11. The program will enable the attendee to determine if you are using the new and changed codes to your advantage as well as have an opportunity to practice application of new codes and ask questions about coding issues. Objectives: 1. Identify which of the 40 new skin cancer codes provide case mix points for both the Home Health Resource Group and Non-routine supplies. 2. Describe the proper code sequencing for removal of a joint prosthesis in a variety of situations – replacement of the joint, treatment of an active infection and use of a space between surgeries. 3. Correctly select and apply new codes in a variety of scenarios. 4. Describe the impact of updates in the Official Coding Guidelines related to complications and late effects. Watch the Video View the Handouts |
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So Much More Than Just a Documentation Issue Arnie Cisneros, P.T., President of HHSM Thursday, October 20, 2011 The 2011 PPS Rule requires that therapists employ objective tests and measures in their care plan production and subsequent care delivery. New documentation requirements will add 1-3 hours of professional time to each episode. Learn how to help your therapists produce and document qualified programs that can survive both new requirements and audit scrutiny. Objectives: 1. Identify areas of concern regarding therapy delivery/documentation in the era of CMS Audits and reforms. 2. Review the latest audit denial findings from multiple CMS contractors regarding therapy claims and reimbursements. 3. Outline care content and documentation requirements that address areas of exposure in current Homecare therapy delivery. 4. Provide examples of care and documentation that achieve CMS current and future therapy goals. Watch the Video |
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Boundaries: The Invisible Walls Sheryl Jones, RD, LD, MBA, Manager of Product Services - The Corridor Group Thursday, September 29, 2011 at 2 pm Central Objectives: 1. Define and determine professional boundaries 2. Discuss boundary violations and dual relationships 3. Identify what organnizations can do to assist their staff in responding to professional boundary issues Visiting staff are in a position of power with the vulnerable client and it is the responsibility of the clinician to set and maintain personal and professional boundaries. This can be difficult but essential to put up the invisible wall. This webinar will discuss the types and dynamics of professional boundaries and how to stay in-bounds which will result in better outcomes for staff and those they care for. Watch the Video |
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Coding Update for Fiscal Year 2012 Sharon Molinari, RN, HCS-D, HCS-O Thursday, September 22, 2011 at 2 pm Central This presentation will provide an overview of the Coding Update for FY2012. Code changes occur every October 1st, and there is no grace period. There are 166 new codes, 168 revised ones, and 88 deletions for FY2012. These code changes reflect an ongoing effort by CMS for greater specificity in diagnosis coding and will most likely be the last ones prior to the implementation of ICD-10 on October 1, 2013. Attend this one hour webinar and learn the new code changes that will impact home care as of October 1st. Also, find out why CMS is again proposing to remove two hypertension codes from the current case mix group. The time to prepare for these changes is now! Watch the Video |
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Preparing for ACHC Accreditation Teresa Harbour, RN, MBA, MHA Thursday, August 25, 2011 at 2 pm Central This presentation will provide an overview of the ACHC accreditation and survey process. Objectives:
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Denial-Proof Documentation Lisa Jenkins, MPT, BBA, President, Physical Therapy Consultant Thursday, July 21, 2011 at 2 pm Central
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ICD-9 Coding & OASIS: What You Need to Know for
Assured Accuracy Jennifer Warfield, RN, BSN, HCS-D, COS-C, Educational Director This event was held live at the Hard Rock Hotel at Universal Orlando and is not available on demand In the past 3 years, home health has seen many changes and new regulations, and there are still more to come in 2011. Most of these changes and new regulations affect not only an agency's policies and procedures, but can also affect its reimbursement. Some of these are out of the agency's control but others can be controlled with ongoing staff education. Join us as Jennifer provides the ICD-9 and OASIS-C information agencies need to know in order to assure accuracy of clinical records and reimbursement. She will provide detailed information that every clinical staff member should be using every day. She will also allow time for answering your most pressing questions and provide sample scenarios. |
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ICD-10: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Trish Twombly, BSN, RN, HCS-D, CHCE, Senior Education Consultant Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 2 pm Central All health care entities must transition from ICD-9 CM to ICD-10 CM in 2013. It is important for the home health industry to realize there are processes that should be occurring right now to prepare for the conversion. For example, in preparation for the transition to ICD-10CM, the conversion to HIPAA 5010 is happening this year. The webinar will provide an overview of the new coding system, describe HIPAA timelines, discuss staff educational needs and how to prepare now to lessen the transition’s impact on your agency. Watch the Video View the Handouts |
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Defeating Orthopedic & Therapy Coding Dilemmas Jennifer Warfield, RN, BSN, HCS-D, COS-C, Educational Director Thursday, March 24, 2011 at 2pm Central Objective 1: Identify official coding rules and guidlines 1. General coding guidelines 2. M2200 and it's relationship to coding 3. OASIS-C considerations Objective 2: Assess frequently used coding conventions in Orthopedic conditions 1. Using 781.2 (abnormality of gait) as a symptom or a etiology code 2. Use of 719.7 (difficulty in walking) 3. Weakness and other symptom codes 4. Etiology or symptom code Objective 3: Recognizing when to use V57 codes appropriately 1. Current guidelines for V57 codes 2. Therapy only cases 3. Multiple disciplines and V57 codes 4. Aftercare code or V57 code Objective 4: Apply lessons learned to practice scenarios 1. Practice Scenarios Watch the Video |
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Focused Medical Review & ADR's Michael McGowan, MBA/HCA, Senior Consultant, CEO Thursday, February 17, 2011 2pm Central Why the increase nationwide? Why will you be probed electronically during the next 18 months? Who really owns NGS, CAHABA, and Palmetto and why they are under new scrutiny from CMS? Data triggers, Documentation deficiencies Probe edit process Focused medical review processes Referral to the Benefit integrity group by the medical review teams Medicare home health has changed in many ways, OASIS-C, Face to Face, and therapy thresholds have kept all of us so busy with minutia we have forgotten the most important relationship of all: the one we share with our RHHI. State and accreditation surveyors can force you to write plans of correction and reorganize. Within 5 minutes your billing can be audited by 50% on pre-pay basis. Within 5 minutes it can be turned off. Which one deserves the greatest attention? Agencies accross the country pass accreditation surveys and department of health surveys everyday just to loose hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical review. RAD readiness seminars have supposedly protected agencies but no one has presented the inside story as of yet and how to audit using the same tools the RHHI and BI groups use. Now is the time to be informed as preparations thus far seem not to have provided the protection expected. Watch the Video View the Handouts Free Chart Audit Tool |
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Home Care, Hospice and Healthcare Reform: Technologies
for Coping with Change Tim Rowan, Editor Home Care Technology Report Thusday, January 27, 2011 2pm Central All I Ever Wanted to do was Care for Patients! Medicare rate cuts, growing paperwork burden, nitpicking auditors, P4P, ACOs, hospice eligibility details, OASIS-C, and that H.E.A.T. Stirke Force with it's gun and subpoenas. When do I have time to take blood pressure, dress wounds, teach nutrition, consult with physicians and hold a terminal person's hand? If you find yourself singing "Hold me down, turning me 'round, filling me up with their rules," just remember that the chorus of that song is "I have to admit it's getting better, a little better all the time." Watch the Video View the Handouts |
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Complication or Late-Effect? Jennifer Warfield, RN, BSN, HCS-D, COS-C, Educational Director Thursday, January 13, 2011 General coding guidelines state that once the acute phase of an illness or injury is over, the acute code cannot be coded in homecare. Once the acute phase is over, the patient may be left with deficits, residuals, or complications. How you code these will depend on whether the problem is considered a late-effect or a complication. Residuals are called late-effects and can be coded indefinitely. These late-effects are seen most often in patients after a CVA or TIA but can also be noted in patients after burns, fractures, or head and spinal injuries. General guidelines for late-effects state that there are no time restrictions for using a late-effect code. Complications have no time limits either, but can often be reversed with treatment. In this session we will discuss how to identify and code late-effects and complications. Watch the Video View the Handouts |
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Making Sense of the Face-to-Face Regulation Jennifer Warfield, RN, BSN, HCS-D, COS-C, Educational Director Wednesday, December 29, 2010 Join us as we help make sense of the 2011 Face-to-Face Regulation that goes into effect January 1, 2011. This regulation will require policy changes and may very well affect the ability to accept certain patients if the regulation is not followed. With very little time left, this is your chance to get answers to the question you may still have. Watch the Video View the Handouts |
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Telehealth from Start to Finish Faye Bryant, BSN, RN, C, Clinical Services Administrator Thursday, December 16, 2010 The presentation is designed to take some of the guess work out of starting a telehealth program. Faye will guide you from vendor selection in the beginning to measuring their outcomes in the end. At the end of this activity, you will have knowledge of statistical data reguarding the impact of telehealth in the home care setting; be able to determine if telehealth is right for your agency and patient population; have the knowledge to select the vendor that fits your agency; be able to set realistic goals for your telehealth program; tell the difference between a "sucessful agency" and one that "has a telehealth program"; know how to prperly implement a telehealth program; select patients appropriete for telehealth; and, evaluate their goals and outcomes. Watch the Video View the Handouts |
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It's a Brave New Coding World Trish Twombly, BSN, RN, HCS-D, CHCE, Senior Education Consultant Thursday, November 18, 2010 CMS will release the 2011 home health final rule November 1st. That rule is expected to contain some of the most significant coding changes to hit the home health industry since the 2008 PPS rule. And you only have until January 1, 2011 to comply. Expected changes include Hypertension being taken off the case mix list and other criteria changes in co morbid conditions. Watch the Video View the Handouts |
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Are Wounds Draining You? Ann Giles, RN, BSN, HCS-D, COS-C, Director of Coding & OASIS Review Thursday, October 21, 2010 Wound care is one of the most commonly provided services by homecare agencies. It is also one of the most financially draining. In this webinar we discuss the most common types of wounds in home care, explore the disease processes behind these wounds, provide tips for accurately identifying them, and demonstrate how to correctly answer the OASIS items related to these wounds. Proper identification and documentation are key to the treatment, healing, and accurate compensation for services provided. Watch the Video View the Handouts |
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2011 Homecare Changes: Strategies for the Future Arnie Cisneros, P.T., President of Home Health Strategic Management Thursday, September 16, 2010 Home Health faces many challenges as a result of the latest refinements to the homecare model. Audit scrutiny from numerous CMS contractors, combined with sweeping modifications identified in the PPS Proposed Rule for 2011, will alter how agencies and clinicians identify and deliver in-home care in the near future. The newely revised concept of qualified care will modify and re-define acceptable protocols for Home Health: reasonable and necessary requirements will be the basis for coverage, and the working definition of how this is applied to care programs will be required for claim approval. In addition, decreases in funding and alterations in case-mix methodology, both seen in the proposed PPS Rule for 2011, will increase the need for escalated clinical control in homecare programming. Watch the Video |
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Conquering Tough Coding Situations Jennifer Warfield, RN, BSN, HCS-D, COS-C, Educational Director Thursday, August 26, 2010 This course focuses on general coding guidelines, official coding rules, specific coding situations using Appendix D and identifying diagnoses that are frequently coded incorrectly. Get one-on-one interaction and try your hand at practice scenarios to guage your understanding. Watch the Video View the Handouts |
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Sailing the "C" of OASIS Jackie Bush, RN, BS, CPHQ, COS-C Thursday, June 24, 2010 This educational program provides clarification of OASIS-C items resulting in an improvement of the agency's accuracy and consistency in the collection and documentation of the OASIS-C assessment. This includes a review of Operational and Clinical Challenges and review of Strategies for Success to include Tips and Tools to meet the intent of the Plan of Care Requirements and support the agency's use of Best Practices. Also included is an overview of critical revisions to the 2010 Risk Adjustment Model and its potential impact on your agency's Quality Outcomes. Watch the Video View the Handouts |
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