Home Health & Hospice Week

Check out Eli audioconferences on hospice revocations, OASIS C diagnosis coding, joint ventures, QAPI, and more.

Get vital information on these topics from the comfort of your own office:

• Hospice Revocations, Discharges, and Transfers -- Handle with Care. Tues. May 11, 1 p.m.ET. Learn the difference between a revocation and a discharge, how to initiate discharge, and the answers to other tricky questions from hospice industry veteran Susan Balfour. For more information go to www.audioeducator.com/conference-Revocations-Discharges-and-Transfers-Handle-with-Care-051110 or call 1-866-458-2965.

• Diagnosis Coding And OASIS C. Wed. May 26, 1 p.m. ET. The guidance for completing M1010/M1016/M1020/M1022/M1024 has changed. Never before have procedure codes been a required OASIS item and Appendix D can be difficult to understand. Walk through the new items and receive vital clarifications from coding expert Tricia Twombly. For more information go to www.audioeducator.com/conference-Diagnosis-Coding-and-OASIS-C-260510 or call 1-866-458-2965.

• Home Health, Hospice, and Facilities: Stay Out of the Joint Venture Red Zone. Thurs. June 3, 1 p.m. ET. Nursing facility joint ventures with home health and hospice providers are an area of special concern to the HHS Office of Inspector General and other federal and state enforcement agencies.Don’t let a good business opportunity turn into a crime -- identify and fix the most common problem areas in home health/nursing home relationships with advice from attorney Robert Markette Jr. For more information go to www.audioeducator.com/conference-home-health-hospice-facility-030610 or call 1-866-458-2965.

• How Good Is Your Hospice’s QAPI Program? Tues. July 20, 1 p.m. ET. Quality Assessment Performance Improvement (QAPI) continues to be the most overarching and all consuming of the recently enacted hospice Medicare Conditions of Participation (CoPs). Don’t just layer the new QAPI requirements on top of your old CQI (Continuous Quality Improvement) process. Understand and more effectively implement an organization-wide QAPI program with help from expert Charlene Ross, who will offer multiple QAPI forms and tools in this session. For more information go to www.audioeducator.com/conference-QAPI-hospice-program-medicare-operations-200710 or call 1-866-458-2965.

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• CAHPS Overview: The Basics You Need to Know. The Medicare program soon will penalize home health agencies that do not participate in its consumer satisfaction survey and reporting program, the Home Health Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems. Get ready to take action in the third quarter with information from expert Rebecca Friedman Zuber. You need to understand the program, what the obligations and costs will be, and demands the program will make on your staff and agency. For more information go to www.audioeducator.com/conference-CAHPS-Overview-310310 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 “home health” or “hospice” from the “Select Conference” box. Or call 1-866-458-2965. All sessions are available via CD or transcript after taking place.