Event Information
| Product format | Pre Recorded Event |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Judy Adams, RN, BSN, HCS-D, COS-C |
| CEU | 1 AAPC CEU Approved |
| Conference Date | Wednesday, January 11, 2012 |
| Aired Time (ET) | 1 pm ET | 12 pm CT | 11 am MT | 10 am PT |
| Length | 60 Minutes |
Product Description
Is PPS the same, now that two most common hypertension diagnoses are deleted!
The final 2012 Home Health PPS rule is out and has numerous impacts for home health agencies. Are you wondering what the impact of all of the PPS changes will be on your patient case load? This session will provide some real life examples of the financial impact of the 2012 PPS changes for home health on common home health case examples – including the changes in therapy reimbursement and the impact of the deletion of the two most common hypertension diagnoses.
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The session will give you a glimpse of what reimbursement changes you can expect in 2012 and strategies to continue to receive the reimbursement you are entitled to receive. Receive a copy of the revised Table 3, Vase Mix variables and see how it may or may not impact your payments.
What’s in For You?
- A brief overview of the key changes in the 2012 home health PPS rules.
- Discussion of the impact of the change in therapy payments for low and high utilization.
- The impact of the realignment of case mix points in the clinical and functional dimension due to the removal of essential unspecified and benign hypertension diagnoses from case mix status and how you can adjust for these.
- Application of the 2012 case mix weights to real life home health scenarios for a true picture of the financial impact of the changes on you revenue.
- An overview of strategies to deal with the 2012 changes, and obtain the best possible reimbursement.
Ask a question at the Q&A session following the live event and get advice unique to your situation, directly from our expert speaker.
Who should attend? Home health financial, Billing personnel, clinical managers, clinicians, and quality improvement personnel.
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About the Speaker
Judy Adams is President and CEO of Adams Home Care Consulting, Inc. and provides clinical and operational consultation and education services to home care, home health and hospice organizations. She has 30 years of experience as a nurse executive and consultant. Her nursing experience includes educational, supervisory, administrative and staff positions in a variety of institutional and community health settings. Judy held numerous positions with two large home care agencies, including the management of a successful home care, private duty and supplemental staffing division as well as Quality Improvement Director, responsible for JCAHO preparation in a multi-branch organization. For over eight years, she worked as the special projects coordinator for the North Carolina Association for Home Care. She has also served as a consultant affiliated with several different consultation firms for more than 15 years.
Judy earned her degree in nursing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She also has a certification as a Homecare Coding Specialist – Diagnosis (HCS-D), from the Board of Medical Specialty Coding and a certificate as a OASIS Specialist - Clinical (COS-C) from the OASIS Certificate and Competency Board. As an active member of the North Carolina Association for Home Care, she serves on the Liaison Committee to the NC Division of Facility Services. She is also a member of the Advisory Panel to the Board of Medical Specialty Coding. Judy co-authored a chapter on home care in “The Law and the Elderly in North Carolina,” and she has contributed to numerous educational manuals, videos and newsletters on a variety of home care topics. She is also the recipient of the Ellen B. Winston Award for Outstanding Contribution to Home Health in North Carolina.
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