2013 Home Health and Hospice Workshop Series

The 2013 Home Health and Hospice Workshop series is designed for home health and hospice providers, billers, administrative staff and clinicians to equip them with the tools they need to be successful with Medicare billing and documentation. These workshops will provide insight for new, intermediate, or advanced staff. The workshops will be hosted in several different states across the U.S. and will continue on until the end of August.

Home Health Billing topics will include:

• - Medicare Claim Review
• - Medicare Updates
• - Important Billing Information
• - Online Provider Services (OPS)
• - Ordering and Referring Requirement
• - International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10)
• - Educational Resources
• - Questions and Answers

Home Health Clinical topics will include:

• - Review Proper Completion of the CMS 485
• - The Going Beyond Diagnosis Concept
• - Medical Necessity for Nursing and Therapy Documentation
• - Methods of Assessing and Documenting Pain
• - Questions and Answers

Hospice Billing topics will include:

• - Medicare Claim Review
• - Medicare Updates
• - Important Billing Information
• - Online Provider Services (OPS)
• - International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10)
• - Educational Resources
• - Questions and Answers

Hospice Clinical topics will include:

• - The Going Beyond Diagnosis Concept
• - The Concepts for Documenting Adult Failure to Thrive
• - How to Document “Plateau” Patients
• - Documentation of Co-morbid and Secondary Conditions
• - Physician Certification Errors
• - Questions and Answers

For the full articles and more information, such as dates and locations of the workshops, please go to the following links.

• - 2013 Home Health Workshop Series
• - 2013 Hospice Workshop Series