OASIS Alert

Prepare now for new ICD-9 codes.

You run the risk of being blown away by the coming OASIS C changes if you don’t start preparing way before Jan. 1.While you’re waiting for the final OASIS C instructions, prepare your agency for the new process measures OASIS C includes. Use these cost effective sessions for expert instruction with no travel costs.

• Home Health Boot Camp for New OASIS C Process Measures: Session 1. Tues. July 14, 1 to 2:30 p.m. ET. OASIS C has introduced a number of process items"make sure you know their ins and outs before it’s too late. Expert Judy Adams will take you on an in-depth tour of the new questions and help you forge tools that you can use to address each item. Session 1 covers medication, pain assessment, and heart failure process items. More information is at www.audioeducator.com/industry_conference.php?id=1520 or call 1-800-508-2582.

• Home Health Boot Camp for New OASIS C Process Measures: Session 2. Tues. Aug.4, 1 to 2:30 p.m. ET. Expert Judy Adams will make sure you know how to address OASIS C process measures for wound items, depression screening, falls risk assessment, and also how to address plan of care and intervention synopsis items. Learn must-know facts about time points and how they impact each process item. More information is at www.audioeducator.com/industry_conference.php?id=1521 or call 1-800-508-2582.

• Home Health ICD-9-CM: Get Ready NOW for New and Changed Codes for 2010.Wed. Aug. 19, 1 to 2:30 p.m. ET. Now that the grace period for using new ICD-9 codes is gone,you have to be ready to use 2010 codes correctly by Oct. 1, 2009. Expert Judy Adams will walk you through the new, revised, and deleted ICD-9-CM codes, focusing on the codes most likely to affect home care. More information is at www.audioeducator.com/industry_conference.php?id=1528 or call 1-800-508-2582.