Home Health & Hospice Week

Prepare for the curveballs the prospective payment system update will throw you in the new year.

You can receive vital information on these topics from the comfort of your own office:

• 2012 PPS Comparative Case Examples for Home Health. Wed. Jan. 11, 1 p.m. ET. Are you wondering what the impact of all of the PPS changes will be on your patient case load? Home care expert Judy Adams will discuss real life examples of the financial impact of the 2012 PPS changes for home health on common home health case examples -- including the changes in therapy reimbursement and the impact of the deletion of the two most common hypertension diagnoses. For more information, go to www.audioeducator.com/2012-pps-cases-home-health-011112.html or call 1-866-458-2965.

• QAPI: Zeroing in on the PIPs. Wed. Jan. 18, 1 p.m. ET. Many hospices have taken data collecting to an excessive level, ending up with lots of data and little time left to do something with it. Learn how to incorporate and use data your hospice collects to improve performance. Choose performance improvement project(s) from current data analysis, strategic priorities, and patient outcomes. Join hospice expert Charlene Ross to learn practical tips on how to identify potential PIPs based on the data a hospice currently collects. For more information, go to www.audioeducator.com/qapi-pips-121011.html or call 1- 866-458-2965.

• Accounting of Disclosures under HIPAA: Review the Proposed Regulations. Thurs. Jan. 12, 1 p.m. The HIPAA Privacy Rule required that entities keep track of all the disclosures they make of Protected Health Information (PHI) outside of those necessary for Treatment, Payment, and Healthcare Operations (TPO). Now a proposed regulation includes not only the removal of the exclusion for disclosures for TPO, but also a new individual right to an access report showing all accesses of any PHI held in the Designated Record Set. Join HIPAA expert Jim Sheldon-Dean for a discussion of what the proposed requirements will mean for you. For more information, go to www.audioeducator.com/hipaaaccounting-of-disclosures-011212.html or call 1-866-458-2965.

You also can order recordings or transcripts of these December audio conferences:

• The 2012 HHA PPS Update: Be Prepared for More Challenges. Home health agencies will face additional cuts to their Medicare payment rates in 2012, as well as changes in the PPS (prospective payment system) case mix model. Financial expert Mark Sharp helps you get prepared for these changes now to combat reduced payment rates. For more information, go to www.audioeducator.com/2012-hhapps-update-151211.html or call 1-866-458-2965.

• Home Health PPS Updates for 2012. Get up to speed on diagnosis coding changes in the 2012 PPS update. Join coding expert Trish Twombly to discuss the final coding-specific changes that home health providers will need to master. For more information, go to www.audioeducator.com/2012-physician-payment-schedule-151211-6245.html or call 1-866-458-2965.

Note: To browse and register for Eli home care and hospice audioconferences, go to www.audioeducator.com and select the “home health” or “hospice” tabs in the top blue bar. Or call 1-866-458-2965. All sessions are available via recording or transcript after taking place.