OASIS Alert
PREPARE FOR OASIS C BEFORE THE HOLIDAY MADNESS HITS
ICD-9-CM codes change Oct. 1.
Use these cost-effective sessions for your OASIS C prep with no travel costs:
• Prepare Now for the OASIS C Overhaul Coming January 2010. Tues. Oct. 20, 1 to 2:30 p.m. ET. The biggest change to OASIS in over a decade is scheduled to be implemented in January 2010 -- are you ready? Training is a must if you want to succeed in 2010. Join expert OASIS trainer Pat Jump to get tips on how to accurately answer the new and revised OASIS question. More information is at www.audioeducator.com/conference-OASIS-C-2010 or call 1-800-508-2582.
• Home Health Boot Camp for New OASIS C Process Measures: Session 1. Thurs. Oct. 22,1 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. Join OASIS expert Judy Adams for this two-part, information-packed audio boot camp and get a jump-start on how you can handle the OASIS C changes that are coming your way.Session 1 covers the medication, pain and heart failure process items. More information is at www.audioeducator. com/conference-Home-Health-OASIS-C-Session-1-2210 or call 1-800-508-2582.
• Home Health Boot Camp for New OASIS C Process Measures: Session 2. Thurs. Oct.29, 1 to 2:30 p.m. ET. Major changes to OASIS will impact you -- make sure you’re ready for Jan.1, 2010. OASIS expert Judy Adams will make sure you know how to address OASIS C process measures for wound items, depression screening, falls risk assessment and for how to address plan of care and intervention synopsis items. Learn must-know facts and sample tools and resources.More information is at www.audioeducator.com/conference-Home-Health-OASIS-C-Session-2-2910 or call 1-800-508-2582. Order Sessions 1 and 2 together at a reduced price.
• Home Health ICD-9-CM: Get Ready Now for New and Changed Codes for 2010. Wed.Nov. 4, 12 to 1:30 p.m. ET. Every year, you tackle hundreds of ICD-9-CM code changes that impact home health providers -- all without a grace period. Make sure you’re ready for the 2010 changes coming Oct. 1, 2009. You’ll learn which codes are most likely to affect home care, along with insights into the reasons behind the changes. Coding expert Judy Adams will walk you through the new, revised, and deleted ICD-9-CM codes for 2010. More information is at www.audio educator.com/conference-Home-Health-ICD-9-CM-0411 or call 1-800-508-2582.
Note: For your 15 percent discount on any of these conferences, use code PUBSUB09 during checkout.
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