Pre-Conference
Sessions Descriptions
The
following Pre-Conferences are running concurrently from
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 29, 2009. Lunch
is included.
Cost:
$150 Member $250 Non-Member.
You
can only register for one of these pre-conferences:
WEDNESDAY,
July 29, 2009
Pre-Conference Sessions
(Separate registration is required)
9:00 am to 3:00 pm
| Pre-Conference 1: Getting
the Greatest Value from Home Care and Hospice Technologies |
Session 601
Are You Receiving the Greatest ROI from Existing
Home Care Technologies?
9 to 10:30 a.m.
While many home care agencies are making investments in new
health information technologies, others are looking at ways to
better utilize existing systems.
Objectives:
- Identify the value in the most commonly deployed home care
technologies;
- Determine untapped functionality in point of care technologies,
back office solutions, remote monitoring and telehealth; and
- Discuss the full potential for cost savings and improved
patient outcomes by improving the application of existing technologies.
Moderator: Ellen Bolch, President, THA
Group, Savannah, Ga.
Course level: Intermediate; 1.5 Nursing CEs;
1.0 Accounting CPEs (NASBA/BMO).
Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of home care
and hospice information systems.
Session 602
Leveraging Benefits of Separate Systems with an Integrated
Systems Approach
10:45 a.m. to Noon
In order to remain competitive and meet growing demands for
the coordination of care, home care agencies must understand what
health information technologies can accomplish in unison.
Objectives:
- Discuss the value of an integrated system of health care
technologies; and
- Illustrate how agencies and their vendor partners have worked
together to develop a comprehensive approach to the integration
and deployment of health information technologies.
Moderator: Karen Thomas, President, Oxford
Healthcare Home Health Agency, Springfield, Mo.
Course level: Intermediate; 1.4 Nursing CEs;
1.0 Accounting CPEs (NASBA/BMO).
Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of home care
and hospice information systems.
Session 603
Looking at the Future of Home Health Technology in the
Near-term
1:15 to 3 p.m.
This panel discussion will look at what emerging business
models and applications are just ahead for home care, and how
agencies can prepare themselves to take advantage of them.
Objectives:
- Discuss alternate funding sources that could defray the
cost of investment in health information technology;
- Identify internal value propositions that support home
care in combination with telehealth; and
- Determine ways to tap into new financial incentives created
through pay-for-performance models for patient care.
Moderator: Dr. Randy Moore, CEO, American
Telecare, Inc., Eden Prairie, Minn.
Course level: Intermediate; 1.5 Nursing
CEs; 1.0 Accounting CPEs (NASBA/BMO).
Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of home care
and hospice information systems.
| Pre-Conference 2: Establishing
Financial Systems and Making the Cost Report Work
for All |
Session 701
The Medicare HHA Cost Report and its Trail of Documents,
Blood, Sweat and Tears
9 a.m. to Noon
Get an understanding of one of the most difficult and vital
filing documents, the Medicare HHA cost report! This program
will demonstrate to the participant the basic structure and
understanding of the cost report, as well as assist attendees’ understanding
of what information can be developed from an accurate and
complete cost report.
Objectives:
- Review cost reporting requirements. Identify the purpose
of cost reports and the cost report filing process;
- Review the flow of the cost report;
- Discuss Medicare cost reporting data requirements and
non-allowable costs; and
- Identify CMS and other documentation requirements that
are part of a cost report filing.
Faculty: Thomas E. Boyd, MBA, Boyd & Nicholas,
Inc., Rohnert Park, Calif.; Dave Macke, VonLehman & Company,
Inc., Fort Mitchell, Ky.
Course Level: Basic; 3.0 Nursing CEs;
3.0 Accounting CPEs (NASBA/RE).
Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of financial
systems and Medicare HHA Cost Report.
Session 702
Establishing Fundamental Financial Systems
1 to 3 p.m.
Home health personnel new to the industry, new agencies
and even established agencies will benefit from an understanding
of the fundamental financial tools for developing and maintaining
positive financial outcomes. This session identifies the
minimum financial and statistical data that must be maintained
and understood by management staff. Specific management reports
will be analyzed. Expected financial outcomes will be identified
for the successful agency.
Objectives:
- Discuss the basic accounting and statistical structure
for a home health agency;
- Recognize the capabilities of your IT systems and the
related management expectations of your systems;
- Identify specific interim analysis procedures along
with industry standards for statistical and financial outcomes;
and
- Recognize the external requirements for accuracy of
financial data and reports.
Faculty: Steve Peterschmidt, Peterschmidt & Associates,
Albuquerque, N.M.
Course Level: Basic; 2.0 Nursing CEs;
2.0 Accounting CPEs (NASBA/FIN).
Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of financial
systems.
| Pre-Conference 3: Hospice Financial Management |
Session 801
Benchmarking; Cost Management; Billing and Reporting;
and Operations Integration
9 a.m. to Noon
This pre-conference program provides a comprehensive review
of all the essential issues facing the hospice financial
manager. While it is broken into two parts, each element
within the program is integrated with all other elements.
In the first part of the program, faculty will be addressing
subjects including benchmarking, cost management, billing,
reporting and operations integration. The needs of both free-standing hospices and those integrated with a Medicare-participating
home health agency are addressed.
Objectives:
- Identify key elements for enhancing revenue and reducing
costs;
- List care options under Medicare, Medicaid and private
insurance plans;
- Explain the importance of data collection and benchmarking
for individual hospice programs, state surveys and the
hospice sector;
- Identify the resources for guidance on coverage issues
for Medicare and Medicaid; and
- Define new guidelines for hospice operations.
Faculty: Donna Gouveia, Visiting Nurse
Service of Greater Rhode Island, Lincoln, R.I.; Larry Leahy,
Foundation Management Services, Inc., Denton, Texas; Robert
Simione, Principal, Simione Consultants, Hamden, Conn.
Course level: Intermediate; 3.0 Nursing
CEs; 3.0 Accounting CPEs (NASBA/BMO).
Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of financial
management for Medicare hospice.
Session 802
Feasibility of Direct Inpatient Care; Managing GIT/Residential
Cost; Working Within the Annual Medicare Cap; use of Telehealth;
and Fundraising and Marketing
1 to 3 p.m.
Part II of the hospice pre-conference continues to address
the most important elements of financial management of the
hospice. A wide range of subjects is targeted, including
an analysis as to whether a hospice should consider directly
providing in-patient care. In addition, faculty will focus
on the role of a financial manager in helping a hospice to
stay within the annual Medicare cap. Finally, issues involving
return on investment for telehealth services and financial
management of fundraising and marketing efforts are addressed.
Objectives:
- Identify factors for evaluation regarding the provision
of direct in-
- patient care;
- Recognize the signs and symptoms of annual Medicare
cap problems and strategies to address those problems;
and
- Describe best practices in financial management of fundraising
and marketing in hospice services.
Faculty: Donna Gouveia, Visiting Nurse
Service of Greater Rhode Island, Lincoln, R.I.; Larry Leahy,
Foundation Management Services, Inc., Denton, Texas; Robert
Simione, Principal, Simione Consultants, Hamden, Conn.
Course level: Intermediate; 2.0 Nursing
CEs; 2.0 Accounting CPEs (NASBA/BMO).
Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of Medicare
hospice regulations, reimbursement and financial management.
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