Home Health & Hospice Week

Upcoming Eli audioconferences cover PPS billing, case mix items and supplies.

It’s been a rocky transition, but the prospective payment system changes are here. Use the following Eli audioconferences to master the ins and outs of PPS reimbursement:

• Crash Course: Crucial Lessons Your HHA Billing Staff Must Know For 2008. Master new billing edits, learn best practices for billing in 2008 and obtain tips to help you avoid cash delays that could strap your home health agency. Everyone in your office can become PPS gurus for one low price, and you’ll get handouts to help you long after the audio conference ends. M. Aaron Little, CPA of BKD; Thurs. Feb. 21, 1 pm ET, 90 minutes, www.audioeducator.com/industry_conference.phpid=750 or call 1-800-508-2582.

• Your Exclusive Guide To Case Mix for Accurate PPS Reimbursement in 2008, Part 1. Home care coding expert Judy Adams will teach your staff how to answer correctly all of the PPS case mix items. Part 1 will feature M0826 on therapy and M0110 on episode sequence. Judy Adams, RN, BSN, HCS-D of Larson-Allen; Thurs. Feb 28, 1 pm ET, 90 minutes, www.audioeducator.com/industry_conference.php?id=771 or call 1-800-508-2582. Part 2, which takes place on Thurs. March 20 at 1 pm ET, includes a review of the M0 items for diagnosis coding; www.audioeducator.com/industry_conference.php?id=805.

• A Closer Look at Supply Management in the 2008 Home Health PPS Era. Nonroutine supply (NRS) billing has proven one of the most problematic aspects of PPS so far, and NRS edits beginning in April will only make that more critical. Consultant Lynda Laff will show you how to bill supplies and identify key processes home care administrators will need to manage supply cost and revenue. Lynda Laff, RN, BSN of Laff Associates; Tues. March 11 at 1 pm ET, 60 minutes, www.audioeducator.com/industry_conference.php?id=826 or call 1-800-508-2582.

And tap these non-PPS conferences for more crucial information:

• Care Plan Oversight: Do’s And Don’ts For Accurate Billing. Learn the billing details for CPO so you can help your referring physicians get paid for their services to your home care patients. Brenda Chidester, CPC, CCS-P of Kelsey-Seybold Clinic; Wed. March 26, 1 pm ET, 60 minutes, www.audioeducator.com/industry_conference.php?id=822 or call 1-800-508-2582.

• Innovative Marketing and Creative Joint Ventures for Healthcare Companies: There Is a Way! Home medical equipment suppliers, pharmacies, HHAs, hospitals, physicians and other providers can enter into a variety of innovative business arrangements and still be walking the road of compliance. Find out how in this one-hour audioconference. Attorney Jeffrey S. Baird, Esq. of Brown & Fortunato; Wed. March 26, 3 pm ET, www.audioeducator.com/industry_conference.php?id=832 or call 1-800-508-2582.