Compliance Program - Home Health

Just released June 2011, the new Corporate Compliance Program manual has everything you need in order to implement a voluntary compliance program for your Home Health Agency.  Legislation has been proposed requiring a mandatory plan to be in place.  This product includes an electronic CD version that you can customize the program.  Also included is a recorded webinar with powerpoint slides to explain how to implement the program into your agency.  You will receive information on steps to facilitate the effort to comply with applicable Federal and State standards, as well as the requirements of private health care programs, through the establishment of an effective unlawful or improper conduct.

Just a few of the key benefits to implementing this program:

~fulfill legal duty that agency is not submitting false or inaccurate claims to government agencies

~provides a more accurate view of employee and contractor behavior relating to fraud and abuse

~improve quality, efficiency, and consistency of patient care

~create a centralized source for distributing information on health care statutes, regulations, and other program directives compliance program, and significantly reduces the risk of unlawful or improper conduct. 

Type: Home Health, Topic: Operational

Learning To Go for Aides Volume I

This audio series is designed to allow your aides to meet the CMS annual education requirements.  Volume I of this series includes 12 audio cds, printable handouts, test questions, and certificates of completion for each lesson.  With one purchase, you can educate all of your aides for the entire year.

Topics include:

• Patient Safety
• Patient Rights
• Infection Control
• Ethics
• Emergency Preparedness
• Cultural Diversity

HIPAA

and much more!

Topic: Operational, Clinical

Orientation Manual - Home Health

The Home Health Orientation manual was created to orient new employees to the different facets of Home Health care.  Each chapter includes information on a different topic and concludes with a post test for the trainee.  There is an answer key for each test for the trainer to grade the trainee’s progress, and the test can then be placed in the employee file for future proof of education and training.  The Orientation Manual covers basics such as Advance Directives, Compliance and Documentation, to more in depth topics like Home Care 101, Oasis Assessment, Documentation and Audit, Performance Improvement, Oasis Start of Care Admission, and Public Reporting. This is both a great tool for providing both employee training, and a quick way to offer hour long in-services for weekly (or monthly) staff meetings.

TEXAS Specific Version of this product available upon request.

Type: Home Health, Topic: Operational, Clinical, OASIS

Webinar on CD: Home Health Coding Update: 2012 Changes

Did you miss this webinar?  Buy the CD* today for your entire staff to view/listen!

The home health Registered Nurse and other clinicians/non-clinicians involved in coding will get an in-depth look at the 2012 coding changes effective October 1, 2011.

Objective:  Identify the new, revised, and deleted 2012 codes effective October 1, 2011.

 *Please note this is a pre-recorded webinar.  No continuing education is offered for this recording.

Trish Twombly, BSN, RN, HCS-D, CHCE, COS-C, HCS-O is an Education Consultant and Coding Specialist for Foundation Management Services with over 20 years of home care experience. Currently she is the Director of Coding Services and “Coding to Go,” a coding service offered to home health and hospice agencies across the country. Her interviews and articles can be read in Home Care Coding Expert, Diagnosis Coding Pro, Home Health ICD-9 Alert, and Homecare Outcomes. She has presented coding education on behalf of FMS, Decision Health, Board of Specialty Coding, Eli Research, Texas Association for Home Care, Oklahoma Association for Home Care, and the Missouri Alliance for Home Care. She is an advisory editor for the 2011 Decision Health Home Health ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Coding Manual.

Type: Home Health, Topic: Clinical

Webinar on CD: ICD-10: An Overview

Did you miss this webinar?  Buy the CD* today for your entire staff to view/listen!

This workshop is designed for those in the home health industry who have a basic understanding of the ICD-9 coding classification system but do not have an understanding of the ICD-10 classification system. This will be a moderately paced class full of information that will give coders and administrators  the ability to identify what an agency needs to do to prepare for the transition and the impact moving to ICD-10 will have on the home health industry.   
 
Objectives:
1. Discuss history of ICD-9-CM
2. Explain purpose of ICD-10-CM
3. Analyze ICD-10-CM code structure
4. Contrast differences between ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM
5. Discuss importance of preparation
6. Identify impact on home health industry

 *Please note this is a pre-recorded webinar.  No continuing education is offered for this recording.

Trish Twombly, BSN, RN, HCS-D, CHCE, COS-C, HCS-O is an Education Consultant and Coding Specialist for Foundation Management Services with over 20 years of home care experience. Currently she is the Director of Coding Services and “Coding to Go,” a coding service offered to home health and hospice agencies across the country. Her interviews and articles can be read in Home Care Coding Expert, Diagnosis Coding Pro, Home Health ICD-9 Alert, and Homecare Outcomes. She has presented coding education on behalf of FMS, Decision Health, Board of Specialty Coding, Eli Research, Texas Association for Home Care, Oklahoma Association for Home Care, and the Missouri Alliance for Home Care. She is an advisory editor for the 2012 Decision Health Home Health ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Coding Manual.

Type: Home Health, Topic: Clinical