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2009 OAHC Conference Sessions ~ Now Available!
View any program session or the entire series with unlimited viewing for 30 days thru the Home Care Information Network (HCIN). Prices are listed below each session. Once payment has been received, a confirmation with access information will be sent to the email address listed in the order form.
The following sessions are now available for purchase. |
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Coding After PPS Refinement
featuring Jennifer Warfield, RN, BSN, HCS-D, COS-C, PPS Plus Software
Continuing Education: 1.5 CEs Duration: 90 Minute
Description: Knowing the latest ICD-9-CM coding guidelines is crucial to the success of every home care agency. From the nuances of V and E codes to case-mix and non-case-mix diagnosis, there is no shortage of rules and information to undertake. This session will cover key ICD-9 coding areas, highlight common coding errors and underline the 2009 coding changes. It will also provide attendees with an opportunity to practice through the sample coding scenarios.
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Legislative Advocacy - There is a Role for Everyone
featuring David Perkins, RN, BSN & Cheryl Olson, RN, MBA
Duration: 60 Minute
Description: The ever changing landscape of Home Care presents many challenges in maintaining agency viability. Legislators and Regulatory agencies continue to promote change through legislation and rule making that dramatically impacts agency performance through changes to reimbursement, regulatory oversight, and quality outcome measurement. In today's political and economic environment, it has never been more important to be engaged and vigilant in demonstrating proof in the value and quality of the services that Home Care provides. Learn what you can do to ensure that your voice is heard and how you can be a change agent through grass roots advocacy. |
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Home Health - Surviving the System
featuring Melinda Gaboury, Healthcare Provider Solutions, Inc.
Continuing Education: 1.5 CEs Duration: 90 Minute
Description: This session is a must for all agency directors, owners & administrators. This session will review cost management strategies from administrative cost to patient care. Key cost report data will be reviewed and how agencies can make decisions based on these indicators. Additionally, this session will discuss case mix strategies using key OASIS benchmarks and the financial impact. |
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The Role of Congress and Regulators in Home Care
and Hospice Quality & Performance
featuring Bill A. Dombi, JD, Legal Counsel, National Association for Home Care & Hospice
Duration: 90 Minute
Description: In 2009, a new Administration and new Congress will address health care as one of their top priorities. Whether through changes to benefits, reimbursement policies, or oversight, the focused of health care reform will be on getting high quality of care for the most reasonable price. This program analyzes the impact of the new Administration and Congress on home care and hospice, particularly in relation to Medicare reforms. It also covers the role that various government bodies such as CMS, MedPAC, OIG, and OMB will play. Finally, the program will offer a discussion on the new opportunities that will come to home care and hospice through reform efforts that highlights the dynamic value of these services in the overall health care spectrum. |
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Achieving Quality Care and Improving Outcomes
in the Home Care Setting for the Patient with Diabetes
featuring Judy Fry, RN, CDE
Continuing Education: 1.5 CEs Duration: 90 Minute
Description: Achieving quality diabetes care has many challenges. The American Diabetes Association
Clinical Standards for 2008 does address diabetes in the elderly but not specific for home care and hospice
patients. Let us work together to look at the advancements in diabetes care: advanced practices in managing
Type 1, Type 2 and pre-diabetes, best practices for both home health and hospice providers to achieve quality outcomes for their patients. |
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Prevention of Infections in the Age of Sound Bites -
What's New, What's Old, What's Changed
featuring Nancy Church, RN, BSN, MT, CIC, Providence St. Vincent Medical Center
Continuing Education: 1.5 CEs Duration: 90 Minute
Description: New bugs, new drugs or are these old bugs with new drugs? Understanding the alphabet soup
of agency requirements, public reporting and lack of prevention messages have the public believing it is all our fault that healthcare associated infections occur. This session will review the external pressures and provide facts and reality. |
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To Sleep, Per Chance to Dream -
Lessons in Palliative Sedation: Part 1
featuring Shelley Gunther, RN, MSN, CNS, CHPN; Sheila Sund, MD; & Deanna Bower, DO
Continuing Education: 1.5 CEs Duration: 90 Minute
Description: Terminal Illnesses can cause distressing symptoms. Despite skilled palliative care, in some cases these symptoms may not respond to standard interventions. After all other means to provide comfort and relief to a dying patient have been tried and are unsuccessful, doctors and patients can consider palliative sedation. This session will explain what palliative sedation is (and isn't), which candidates are most appropriate and answer questions on ethics, state board of nursing issues,appropriate protocols used, how to develop policies and other medical considerations. |
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To Sleep, Per Chance to Dream -
Lessons in Palliative Sedation: Part 2
featuring Shelley Gunther, RN, MSN, CNS, CHPN; Sheila Sund, MD; & Deanna Bower, DO
Continuing Education: 1.5 CEs Duration: 90 Minute
Description: In an advanced discussion and continuation of session one, case studies will be used to demonstrate the pros and cons of palliative sedation, highlighting different outcomes and appropriateness. |
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