OASIS Alert
Learn Everything You Need To Know About OaSis-C
Register now for these insider secrets on OASIS-C, PPS refinements, and new the new hospice COPs.
• "OASIS-C: What You Need To Know Now About This Major Assessment Overhaul." Learn about the newest OASIS revisions, and prepare your agency for the proposed version that comes out this fall -- and the final version that takes effect in 2010. Rebecca Friedman Zuber; president of Rebecca Friedman Zuber Inc.; Wed. Nov. 19, 11 am ET, 60 minutes, http://www.audioeducator.com/industry_conference.php?id=1306.
• "2009 PPS Refinements: Trouble-shooting Tips For Your Home Health Agency’s Billing Processes." Get the latest details of the 2009 Home Health PPS refinements in just 1 hour -- and learn how to stop throwing away money on billing errors and claims adjustments. M. Aaron Little; operations manager for BKD Health Care Billing Services; Thurs. Nov. 20, 1 pm ET, 60 minutes, http://www.audioeducator.com/industry_conference.php?id=1300.
• "What The New Conditions Of Participation Mean For Nursing Home And Hospice Relationships." In this session, hospices and nursing facilities will gain important information about the new Conditions of Participation and how to comply with them, regarding the nursing home-hospice relationship. Mary Michal; shareholder in the Health Care Department of Reinhardt Boerner Van Deuren s.c. in Madison, Wis; Thurs. Dec. 4, 1 pm ET, 60 minutes, http://www.audioeducator.com/industry_conference.php?id=1309.
Note: To browse and order Eli home care audioconferences or CDs of past conferences, go to http://www.audioeducator.com, and select "home health" from the healthcare specialty box or call 800-508-2582.
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