Final Medicare Hospice Benefit Conditions of Participation: CMS On What's New?Two 90-Minute Educational Teleconference Calls (Teleconference) Register for both Teleconferences for $165 or $90 if registering separately. Save by registering for both Teleconferences. The programs are "live." CDs will not be available post conference. Date: June 24, 2008 (2:30 PM EDT) for Part I Intended Audience: Medicare Hospice Providers
Description: The finalized new Hospice Conditions of Participation (CoP) were printed in the Federal Register on June 5, 2008. The good news is they will not be implemented until December 2 but Hospices need to know whatís new and begin to institute agency changes now to meet the new regulations. The Hospice CoPs have not been rewritten since the beginning of the Medicare Hospice Benefit in 1983. Hospice programs must demonstrate compliance, high quality care and services. To help hospices understand the proposed changes, the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) asked the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) staffers responsible for rewriting the CoPs to do a presentation and overview of the changes made in Subparts C & D of the CoPs. The workshops will review the new CoPs and compare them with the 2005 proposed regulations to explore how they will impact a hospiceís day-to-day operations. In the interest of providing a thorough analysis of the new changes, the CoPs presentation has been broken down into two sessions. Presenters will emphasize the most important areas of change. Workshop Objectives for Subpart C – Direct Patient Care. At the conclusion of the workshop, participants will be able to:
Workshop Objectives for Subpart D – Administration of a Hospice. At the conclusion of the workshop, participants will be able to:
Faculty: CAPT Mary Rossi-Coajou, MS, RN, Nurse Consultant, Office of Clinical Standards and Quality, CMS; Danielle N. Shearer, Health Insurance Specialist, Office of Clinical Standards and Quality, CMS. Both faculty are from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, Maryland. Registration is quick and easy! Register by fax, phone, or online, or by mail
CD Recordings will not be available for the Teleconference presentations Continuing Education Credit for Nurses and AccountantsThe National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) is an approved provider (No. PN06-821-821) of continuing nursing education by the Maryland Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Centerís Commission on Accreditation. For questions please contact the Maryland Nursesí Association at 410-944-5800. Nursing CEs 1.5 available for Part I and Part II NAHC is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. (Sponsor ID # 104616). In accordance with the standards of the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, CPE credits are based on a fifty (50) minute hour. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual course for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors 150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 700, Nashville, TN or go to www.nasba.org For information regarding administrative policies such as a complaint or refund, contact our offices at (202) 547-7424. Presentation format: group live via live teleconference Course level: Intermediate Pre-requisite: Knowledge of Medicare regulations for Hospice home care. Field of Study: Regulatory/Ethics Accountant CPEs: 1.0 available for Part I and Part II |
