Value-Based Purchasing: HealthWare Can Help Part 2

In the 2016 final rule, CMS provides a detailed explanation of the HH-VBP pilot program that begins January 1, 2016 with mandatory participation from all Medicare-certified HHAs in nine selected states – Massachusetts, Maryland, North Carolina, Florida, Washington, Arizona, Iowa, Nebraska and Tennessee. The rest of the country will experience VBP in January 2018 You need to see trends so you can make changes to your data and your procedures and your training. If you feel like your score is incorrect, you can dispute it. You have only 10 days to dispute. You are given a TPS (Total Performance Score) which is a concatenation of your achievements and improvement points. You get points for the achievement, the range where your agency fell with a particular measure. You also get points for the improvement for your agency. The TPS is the points awarded for these two things combined. The TPS will take into account the scores for the states This corresponds to the My Measure tab in HealthWare’s VBP Analysis. Are you ready to make the changes needed to be a winning competitor? Don't delay any further, the clock has already started. Join us to see how HealthWare can help you.

Webinar Date and Time: August 18, 2016 2:00 PM EDT / 1:00 PM CDT

Creating a 21st Century Healthcare Office

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Join us and find out more. This is an opportunity to improve your office productivity, collaboration and communications at a cost that is more affordable than you could imagine.

Webinar Date and Time: August 4, 2016 2:00 PM EDT / 1:00 PM CDT

Examining Value – Based Purchasing (VBP)

Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) is a new CMS Pay for Performance program linking payments to improved outcomes that went into effect on January 1, 2016. Our experts will discuss with you the background and methodology of this new program based on the Home Health final rule for CY2016. VBP is challenging and we would like to share some insight as to how providers should prepare for these changes. Join us to learn more about being ready for value-based purchasing.

Webinar Date and Time (PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE): June 22, 2016: 1:00 PM CDT/2:00 PM EDT

Home Health Agencies Employing Utilization Review to Outstanding Results

As new care and payment models arrive from ACA reforms, Home Health has GREAT OPPORTUNITIES to reinvent programming. Home Health excels in flexibility, affordability, and patient preference; how can they refine their care model to achieve the goals of the ACA Alternative Payment Models? Clinical and Fiscal breakdowns of homecare programs identify the areas of opportunity for rewiring homecare episodes in terms of value rather than volume. Nursing assessments and programming, rehab protocols for value and safety, modifying care using clinical indicators, patient-centered care for clinical outcomes; all can be rewired for focus and efficiency to address the new care landscape. This progressive presentation outlines Providers who have successfully navigated care redesign, including case studies and clinical and fiscal outcomes while preparing for the ACA care demands of CCJR, VBP, and other value-based delivery models.

Webinar Date and Time: April 26, 2016: 1:00 PM CDT/2:00 PM EDT