Home Health & Hospice Week
Palmetto GBA Announces 2013 Workshop Series
Palmetto GBA is kicking off its annual home health and hospice workshop series for 2013, which will help providers to successfully bill Medicare, according to recent announcement.
The 2013 Home Health Workshop series will cover a wide range of billing and claim-review topics, as well as home health clinical topics. Palmetto will conduct the Home Health Workshops in Dublin, OH on March 5; in Monroe, LA on March 12; in Baton Rouge, LA on March 13; and in Columbus, OH on March 21.
For more information about the 2013 Home Health Workshop series, including registration instructions, go to www.palmettogba.com/event/pgbaevent.nsf/SeriesDetails.xsp?EventID=94PHE60381.
Palmetto’s 2013 Hospice Workshop series will also cover billing, claim-review and clinical topics. Palmetto has scheduled these workshops in Dublin, OH on March 5; in Houston, TX on March 15; and in Columbus, OH on March 21. Information about the 2013 Hospice Workshop series is at www.palmettogba.com/event/pgbaevent.nsf/SeriesDetails.xsp?EventID=94PHHX3324.
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