Notable Upcoming Conferences
2018 National Leadership Conference
Home Care Association of America
September 22-25 Marriott Wardman Park Hotel Washington DC Information for Providers and Exhibitors
MHHA Annual Conference Michigan Home Care & Hospice Association April 25-26 Amway Grand Plaza Grand Rapids Information and Registration
New England Home Care and Hospice 2018 Conference Presented by Home Care Associations of: Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont
April 25-27 Cliff House Maine Hotel Cape Neddick
Information and Registration
2018 Annual Conference AHHC of North Carolina May 7-9 Sheraton Imperial Hotel & Convention Center
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Free Webinars
Improving CAHPS Response Rates: 2 Free Webinars
Sponsored by HEALTHCAREfirst Featuring: Liz Silva, Director of Home Health & Hospice, HEALTHCAREfirst Hospice CAHPS: Wednesday, May 2 2:00 pm EDT Free Registration Home Health HHCAHPS: Thursday, May 10 2:00 pm EDT Free Registration With greater visibility into quality through public reporting on Hospice Compare and Home Health Compare, hospice and home health providers have an even greater incentive for performance improvement. During each 45-minute webinar, we will discuss methods and activities that have been instrumental in improving CAHPS survey response rates, a key element of implementing a data-driven approach and improving your scores. To be discussed: - Hospice CAHPS Regulations
- Response Rate Calculation
- Available Benchmarks
- Effective Strategies to Improve Response Rates
Good Ways to Break Bad News: Social Worker Edition Presented by Curaport Featuring: Heather Calhoun, RN, BSN, COS-C, HSC-D
Date: Tuesday, May 1 Time: 2:00 p.m. EDT
Fee: $79 Information & Registration *This education session is pending approval from the National Association of Social Workers for one (1) contact hour of Continuing Education for Social Workers.
Clinical Impact of OASIS-D Presented by HEALTHCAREfirst
Featuring: Deanna Loftus, HEALTHCAREfirst Director of Regulatory Compliance Mary St. Pierre, RN, BSN, MGA, Regulatory Consultant
Tuesday, May 1 2:00 pm EDT
Free Registration In March 2018, CMS released the draft of the latest version of the OASIS data set, OASIS-D. Modifications are being made to OASIS in order to comply with the IMPACT Act, to reduce data collection burden, and to improve formatting throughout the document. CMS is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget for a January 1, 2019 implementation date. Topics: - Addition of six new standardized items
- The removal of 28 OASIS questions that will no longer be assessed.
- Modification to M1311 to support a new standardized pressure ulcer measure.
- Addition of responses to M1028, M1311, M2102 and removal of responses to M2310.
- Review of additional changes to OASIS
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