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Featured Events
OASIS-E Webinar – Part 1
Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at 2:00 PM ET
Join us for three, consecutive OASIS E webinars dedicated to the OASIS E, which is set to go into effect on January 1, 2023. The three webinars build on one another so we hope you can join us for all of them. They will be held on the first three Tuesdays in June and launch on Tuesday, June 7 at 2pm EDT.
OASIS-E represents adjustments required to report standardized assessment data across post-acute care providers. It is critical for home health agencies to complete the OASIS accurately to ensure sound data can be used for changes in future payment design and policy. Learn the guidance for the new and updated items, best practice education and approaches for efficient assessment.
Session One presents an overview and evolution of OASIS to the current version. It will outline the new, revised, and deleted OASIS items that constitute OASIS-E. This session will also explore the new Transfer of Health quality measure.
Register for Part 1 | Register for Part 2 | Register for Part 3
Faculty:
- Karen Tibbs, RN, MS, HCS-D, COS-C, Director Quality Assurance,
McBee - Mary Carr, RN, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC)
Pricing:
NAHC Members: $99
Non-members: $199
Thank You to Our Sponsor
Initiating a Hospital at Home Program: Financial and Operational Considerations – Part 1
Thursday June 9, 2022 at 2:00 – 3:00 PM ET
Part One of this two-part webinar series will focus on the financial considerations and the value proposition that would impact your organizations’ decision about initiating a H@H program.
Faculty:
- Summer Napier, CEO Healing Hands Healthcare, LLC
- Colleen Hole, VP Clinical Integration and CNE at Atrium Health Medical Group
- Patrick Kneeland, VP Medical Affairs at Dispatch Health
- Sue Payne, Home Care Strategies Advisor, Corridor
Pricing:
NAHC Members: FREE
Non-members: $99
Thank You To Our Sponsor
OASIS-E Webinar – Part 2
Tuesday, June 14, 2022 at 2:00 PM ET
Join us for three, consecutive OASIS E webinars dedicated to the OASIS E, which is set to go into effect on January 1, 2023. The three webinars build on one another so we hope you can join us for all of them. They will be held on the first three Tuesdays in June and launch on Tuesday, June 7 at 2pm EDT.
OASIS-E represents adjustments required to report standardized assessment data across post-acute care providers. It is critical for home health agencies to complete the OASIS accurately to ensure sound data can be used for changes in future payment design and policy. Learn the guidance for the new and updated items, best practice education and approaches for efficient assessment.
Session Two examines Section C: Cognitive Patterns and Section D: Mood. It will include an explanation of the guidance as well as best practice assessment of the Brief Interview for Mental Status (BIMS), Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) and the PHQ-2 to 9. Participants will learn strategies to prepare and promote efficiency and accuracy of these new items.
Register for Part 1 | Register for Part 2 | Register for Part 3
Faculty:
Karen Tibbs, RN, MS, HCS-D, COS-C, Director Quality Assurance,
McBee
Mary Carr, RN, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC)
Pricing:
NAHC Members: $99
Non-members: $199
Thank You to Our Sponsor
OASIS-E Webinar – Part 3
Tuesday, June 21, 2022 at 2:00 PM ET
Join us for three, consecutive OASIS E webinars dedicated to the OASIS E, which is set to go into effect on January 1, 2023. The three webinars build on one another so we hope you can join us for all of them. They will be held on the first three Tuesdays in June and launch on Tuesday, June 7 at 2pm EDT.
OASIS-E represents adjustments required to report standardized assessment data across post-acute care providers. It is critical for home health agencies to complete the OASIS accurately to ensure sound data can be used for changes in future payment design and policy. Learn the guidance for the new and updated items, best practice education and approaches for efficient assessment.
Session Three explores Social Determinants of Health (SDOH), patient hearing, speech, and vision, nutrition, and high-risk drug classes. It will also examine Section O: Special Treatment, Procedures and Programs and changes to the pain items that are included under Section J: Health Conditions. Participants will learn strategies to prepare and promote efficiency and accuracy of these new items.
Register for Part 1 | Register for Part 2 | Register for Part 3
Faculty:
Karen Tibbs, RN, MS, HCS-D, COS-C, Director Quality Assurance,
McBee
Mary Carr, RN, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC)
Pricing:
NAHC Members: $99
Non-members: $199
Thank You To Our Sponsor
Care Management Considerations for Success
Tuesday, June 28, 2022 | 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. EASTERN
Home Care providers are feeling the pressures of CMS mandated value-based payments, inadequate Managed Care rates and increased competition from an array of new providers supporting care at home. In response to these pressures, Home Care providers have begun to diversify its service offerings to include a wide range of Care Management products. These products can add value to your current business with value-based revenues, while enhancing patient outcomes and total cost of care.
This webinar will provide an understanding of the landscape of Care Management products, key financial, quality, and operational considerations necessary for any provider seeking to add Care Management or expand its offerings.
Learning Objectives:
- Provide an understanding of the various Care Management products across Payer, Provider and Specialized Population Health organizations.
- Outline a framework across various patient types as to how products and services provide improved outcomes and provider-payer alignment.
- Explore the provider roles across post-acute transitional, palliative advanced illness management and long-term chronic and how personal, skilled, behavioral health and population health care mesh together into improved patient outcomes.
- Highlight the key success factors which enable the Provider-Payor partnership and incentive alignment in the framing of value-based contractual arrangements.
- Identify major elements of a successful strategy to operationalize a Care Management program.
Faculty:
- Moderator:
- Julie Hiett, LMSW Sr. Director of Population Health, Netsmart
- Panel:
- Jessica Fear, Senior Vice President Behavioral Health, VNS Health
- Devin Woodley, Vice President Managed Care Contracting, VNS Health
Pricing:
- NAHC Members: FREE
- Non members: $99
NAHC in the News
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