Home Health & Hospice Week

Register for these audioconferences on PPS therapy, diagnosis coding and billing.

You have less than four months to prepare for the massive changes CMS has made to the prospective payment system, and your cash flow depends on knowing what is new.

On Aug. 22, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued its final rule on home health PPS refinements--and it brings the most significant changes to the prospective payment system since its implementation in October 2000. You can’t afford to miss this opportunity to prepare to meet the challenge.

Sign up for these Eli audioconferences on the PPS final rule:

• “The Final Rule Is Here: Master Home Health PPS Changes for 2008.” Attend this in-depth overview of the drastic 2008 PPS refinements and what they mean for your agency. Mark Sharp, CPA of BKD; Thurs. Sept. 20, 3 pm ET, 90 minutes, www.audioeducator.com/industry_conference.php?id=606.

• “Standing on the Threshold: The PPS Rule’s Impact on Therapy Practice.” Unless you understand the radical changes to therapy reimbursement in the PPS refinements final rule, you risk the success of your agency once the changes hit in January. Cindy Krafft, MS, PT, COS-C of UHSA; Thurs. Sept. 13, 1 pm ET, 60 minutes, www.audioeducator.com/industry_conference.php?id=477.

• “PPS Rule Changes--Get the Skinny on Diagnosis Coding.” Combinations of diagnosis codes and functional domain items will make a huge difference to your reimbursement. Decipher what the changes in the final rule will mean for your diagnosis coding, including lots more primary and secondary case mix codes. Judy Adams, RN, BSN, HCS-D of LarsonAllen; Tues. Sept. 18, 1 pm ET, 60 minutes, www.audioeducator.com/industry_conference.php?id=475.

• “Home Health PPS Refinements: The Crucial 2008 How-To’s For Your Billing Staff.” From therapy thresholds to supplies payments to early/later episodes, you can’t afford to miss the dramatic changes CMS is making to PPS billing. And it will be critical to your bottom line for billing and clinical staff to work together. M. Aaron Little, CPA of BKD; Thurs. Sept. 27, 4 pm ET, 60 minutes, www.audioeducator.com.