Corporate Compliance
VNA Education & Training 2015
December 3, 2015
Value-Based Purchasing OASIS and Quality
November 12, 2015
Best Practice Strategies for Succeeding in the Value-Based Purchasing Environment
November 6, 2015
Tips & Hints to Prepare for the HCS-D ICD-10 Certification Exam
October 22, 2015
Mass Health Ordering, Referring & Prescribing Overview
September 23, 2015
Medicare University Ordering Home Health Services for a Medicare Beneficiary
September 15, 2015
The Trials and Tribulations of Home Health Documentation
September 3, 2015
HIPAA – HITECH Assessment for Healthcare Business Associates
Understand the new omnibus HIPAA requirements for business associates and implement the steps required to mitigate the risks to secure Protected Health Information (PHI) and comply.
September 3, 2015
Medicare University Home Health Therapy Documentation and Billing 2015
August 28, 2015
Medicare University Certifying Home Health Care 2015
August 27, 2015
Countdown to ICD-10
August 18, 2015
Financial Impact of the Proposed Medicare Rate Changes for 2016
August 12, 2015
Mass Health Provider Association Forum
August 6, 2015
Medicare University Getting Ready for ICD-10
July 30, 2015
Using the New Home Health Agency PEPPER to Support Auditing and Monitoring Efforts (Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report)
July 20, 2015
Medicare University Certifying Home Health Care
July 16, 2015
CMS Quality Reporting Programs under the 2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule
July 14, 2015
Medical Records Retention Policies: What to Save; What to Destroy
July 1, 2015
Getting Started in the HHCDR (Home Health Cardiovascular Data Registry)
June 16, 2015
Strategies for ICD-10 Appeal Success
June 8, 2015
Getting Ready for ICD-10
June 2, 2015
New HIPAA Rules – Meeting Requirements for New Patient Rights and New Restrictions on Disclosures
June 2, 2015 Quality Assessments Only (QAO): Measure Review and Historical Performance Reports
May 7, 2015
Adding Patient Survey Star Ratings to Home Health Compare
Learn more about how CMS plans to use Home Health CAHPS survey results to create Patient Survey Star Ratings for Home Health Compare website.
April 30, 2015
PEPPER Update: Long-term Acute Care Hospitals, Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities, Skilled Nursing Facilities, Hospices, Home Health Agencies
This webinar presented updates to the Q4FY14 PEPPER release for: Hospices, Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (IRFs), Long-term (LT) acute care hospitals, and Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs). The webinar also previewed new Home Health Agency (HHA) PEPPER.
April 28, 2015
Supporting Safe Passage: The Power of Advance Care Planning
At the end of the webinar participants will be able to recognize evidence supporting the value of advance care planning, describe artful ways to initiate discussions related to advance care planning, and define capacity to consent and advance directive forms.
April 27, 2015
OCR HIPAA Audit Program 2015 and Beyond What We Know So Far
The webinar covered 2015 and beyond OCR audit program, requirements for HIPAA risk analysis, security risk analysis, privacy risk analysis, increasing risks for privacy and security non-compliance, and actions to reduce liabilities and risks.
April 23, 2015
Compassion Fatigue: Managing Caregiver Stress
At the end of this webinar participants will be able to understand the difference between compassion fatigue and burn out, be aware of the warning signs of compassion fatigue, analyze the difference between selfishness and enlightened self interest, and develop strategies to manage compassion fatigue.
Strategies to Address the 10 Most Commonly Cited Home Care Standards
At the end of this webinar participants will be able to identify the 10 most commonly cited home care standards, describe methods that can be used to uncover process failures and explore strategies that can be used to address process failures.
March 31, 2015
Home Care Elite: The Road to Rapid Improvements in Quality Outcomes and Financial Management
This webinar covered what is Home Care Elite, why is Elite status important, the five domains of performance, operational process to achieve Elite, and strategies critical for sustainability.
March 26, 2015
Home Health Compare (HHC) Star Ratings: Provider Preview Reports
This webinar presented implementation timeline, preview of report components, agencies missing HHC Star Ratings, and requesting a review of an HHC Star Rating.
March 26, 2015
One Hour to Proficiency: Advance your Skills in Coding Difficult Cases
Joan L. Usher
After watching this webinar you will be able to review & practice more advanced coding cases, discuss when to use a combination code and when to code an unspecified code. It also covered review of drug induced conditions, overview of behavioral health issues of abuse & dependence, and review of changes with daily insulin administration coverage under Medicare.
February 26, 2015
Leading Practices to Improve Staff Compliance
This webinar identified 3 Reasons to Drive High Performance Compliance, essential areas of compliance, key tenants for effectively motivating staff compliance, and key measures to monitor compliance.
February 25, 2014
Impact Act of 2014
Bi-partisan bill introduced in March, U.S. House & Senate; passed on September 18, 2014 and signed into law by President Obama October 6, 2014. It requires Standardized Patient Assessment Data for: Assessment and Quality Measures, Quality care and improved outcomes, Discharge Planning, Interoperability, and Care coordination.
February 23, 2015
CMS Certifying Home Health Care
This webinar covered the topics of Medicare Home Health Benefit, Beneficiary/patient eligibility, FTF encounters, Certification requirements, Recertification, and References and resources.
February 12, 2015
Medicare Part A & B Therapy in the Home Setting Partners or Rivals
Cindy Kraft
This webinar examined the similarities and differences between home health and outpatient therapy. It clarified “homebound status” in the context of the assisted living environment. The webinar discussed challenges and opportunities present for home health in the assisted living environment. Create strategies to improve the ability for home health agencies to partner with Part B therapy providers.
February 11, 2015
CMS Voluntary Home Health Templates
The Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) program measures the improper payment rate for Fee-For-Service (FFS) Medicare. During the November 2014 report period, the CERT program found that more than half of the home health claims were paid improperly. The 51.4 percent improper payment rate in home health is a substantial increase from the 17.3 percent improper payment rate the previous year. One of the drivers of the home health error rate is insufficient documentation of the face-to-face encounter.
February 10, 2015
Home Health F2F Regulation 2015 Changes
This webinar presented information on overview of Regulation Changes, Eligibility and Homebound, What is Needed to Comply, What the Home Health Agency Needs, Guidelines for Certification Options, What if Certification Not Met, and Resources.
February 5, 2015
Adding Star Ratings to Home Health Compare: Update
This conference call was hosted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service. It was a second Special Open Door Forum (SODF) call to allow consumers, home health agencies (HHAs), and other interested parties to give additional input and feedback on the planned addition of star ratings to Medicare.gov’s Home Health Compare (HHC) web site.
January 28, 2015
How to Manage Medicare/Medicaid Overpayments
This webinar listed applicable rules, defined overpayments and how they arise, discussed the provisions of the CMS “60‐day” rule, listed audit criteria to detect overpayments, described how to report and repay overpayments, examined the risks and liabilities resulting from the failure
to timely report and repay overpayments, and presented case examples.
January 28, 2015
Home Health Scope of Practice for Therapists
This session was about the roles of PTs, OTs, and SLPs in home health, Topics included Scope of Practice and Professional Expectations. Presenters provided insight on how to reset expectations and engage therapists in moving toward a more comprehensive practice.
January 20, 2015
Removing the Ouch from CAHPS: Improving Communication about Medication and Pain Management Scores
Discover how Houston Healthcare increased their "Communication about Medications" composite top box HCAHPS Score from 44.8 to 82.3 percent. This webinar will discuss their initiatives and implementation techniques, interdisciplinary communication processes, and pain management improvements.
January 7, 2015
Compliance Update 2015
This webinar provides an overview of the many compliance regulations and laws that Homecare Agencies must comply with, and know how to ensure that they are indeed compliant.
