HOME HEALTH CONFERENCESMarch 16, 2010
Managing Information and Communication Overload in Healthcare
Presenter: Jeff Davidson March 17, 2010
Audit-Proof Your Diagnosis Coding for Home Health
Presenter: Judy Adams March 24, 2010
Infectious Disease: Protecting Your Patients, Your Office and Yourself
Presenter: Dianne Ditmer March 25, 2010
Skin and Wound Care for Hospice Patients
Presenter: Dorothy Doughty March 30, 2010
New Requirements for HIPAA Business Associates
Presenter: Jim Sheldon-Dean March 31, 2010
CAHPS Overview: The Basics You Need to Know
Presenter: Rebecca Friedman Zuber April 7, 2010
Coaching and Retaining Your Healthcare Talent
Presenter: Bruce Lee April 9, 2010
2010 Physician Fee Schedule: Rate Reductions, Imaging Accreditation, Stark Clarification and More
Presenter: Robert W. Markette, Jr. May 26, 2010
Diagnosis Coding and OASIS-C
Presenter: Tricia A. Twombly
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Home Health ICD-9-CM: Get Ready NOW for New and Changed Codes for 2010
Presented by Judy Adams, RN, BSN, HCS-D, COS-C, 1.5 CEUs Approved
This conference originally aired on: 11/04/2009.
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You no longer have a grace period to make these ICD-9 changes.Every year, you tackle hundreds of ICD-9-CM code changes that impact home health providers, but this year will be different. You can't wait until the last minute anymore -- you have to be ready to use these codes for 2010 correctly by October 1, 2009. Coding expert Judy Adams, RN, BSN, HCS -D, COS-C, will walk you through the new, revised and deleted ICD-9-CM codes for 2010 during this informative 90-minute audio session. You'll learn which codes are most likely to affect home health, along with insights into the reasons behind the changes. Here's what you will learn: - Get up-to-speed on the 142 proposed new ICD-9-CM codes for 2010.
- Why you'll need to pay special attention to new late effect codes for cerebrovascular disease and codes for venous embolisms.
- Learn how to use more than a dozen new poisoning codes and 32 new V codes.
- Which of the new and changed diagnosis codes are likely to be case mix codes -- and how to earn additional payment under Medicare PPS.
- Get last-minute updates on the changes for 2010 to stay ahead of the game.
- Find out which codes will be revised and which will be deleted for 2010.
Who should attend? Home health supervisors, coders, clinicians, and quality improvement coordinators.
Your registration includes: - Flexible enrollment. Scheduling conflict? No problem. This session is also available on CD.
- Complimentary attendee package, including the speaker's complete presentation handouts. Keep this quick reference tool close by for future use.
Order Below or Call 866-458-2965 TodayYour Expert Speakers
 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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