Home Health & Hospice Week

Upcoming Eli audioconferences offer valuable insights on CPO, joint ventures and PPS.

• Care Plan Oversight: Dos And Don’ts For Accurate Billing, Wed. March 26, 1 pm ET. Help your referring physicians get paid for their services to your patients. Physician billing and coding expert Brenda Chidester will bring you up to speed on what CPO entails, explain what docs have to do to meet all the conditions of coverage, outline which services do and do not count toward the 30-minute threshold, and help you help physicians chose the right Medicare and third-party codes to avoid denials. More information is at 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! Wed. March 26, 3 pm ET. Find out from attorney Jeffrey Baird how home medical equipment companies, pharmacies, home health agencies, hospitals, physicians and other health care providers can enter into a variety of innovative business arrangements and still be walking the road of compliance. More information is at www.audioeducator.com/industry_conference.php?id=832 or call 1-800-508-2582.

• 7 Keys to Peak Home Care Sales Performance, Thurs. April 10, 3 pm ET. Home care sales and marketing expert Michael Ferris will walk you through agencies’ common success traits that will energize any sales program and generate legendary results. You’ll walk away with new standards of performance and the tools to increase both your productivity and return on investment. More information is at www.audioeducator.com/industry_conference.php?id=895 or call 1-800-508-2582.

• Hospice Business Ventures: How to Seize Opportunities and Stay Compliant, Wed. May 21, 11 am ET. Hospice marketing and facility relationships can sound like great ideas that’ll land you big profits--but if you don’t watch out, they could land your organization in big trouble instead. If you feel like you need someone to clearly explain the legal mumbo jumbo and tell you straight up what you can and can’t do, join health care attorney Robert W. Markette, Jr. More information is at www.audioeducator.com/industry_conference.php?id=964 or call 1-800-508-2582.

• Home Health PPS 2008 Reimbursement Issues and How to Deal With Them Effectively, Wed. May 21, 1 pm ET. If you’re still feeling the aftershock of the home health PPS revisions, you’re not alone. Join home health reimbursement expert Michelle Enger for this valuable session where you’ll not only learn the important PPS changes in plain English, but you’ll also know how to be better prepared for upcoming yearly changes. More information is at www.audioeducator.com/industry_conference.php?id=965 or call 1-800-508-2582.

Note: To browse and register for Eli home care and hospice audioconferences, go to www. audioeducator.com, select “healthcare” from the industry menu and choose “home health” or “hospice” from the healthcare specialty box. Or call 1-800-508-2582.