Take a deep dive on employment laws and regulations in this full-day workshop! Attendees will gain an understanding of the Trump Administration's impact on the home care industry, including sweeping changes to wage-and-hour legislation and regulations. Additional topics related to the Trump Administration to be discussed include: recent changes to the White Collar Exemption; federal minimum wage requirements; live-in and companionship exemptions; investigations into nurse registries; treatment of Uber-style home care delivery models; ACA employer insurance mandate; litigation regarding enforcement of arbitration agreements, including the United States Supreme Court’s seminal and recent decision upholding class and collective action waivers in arbitration agreements; and, the current status of the government’s agenda regarding joint employer and independent contractor status. Later in the workshop, attendees will learn about effective caregiver recruiting and retention strategies. Attendees will also learn how to accurately and efficiently track and stay compliant with respect to employees’ time to avoid costly class-action lawsuits and investigations. Additionally, a case study of a home care agency to create a platform for wage-and-hour compliance will be examined, as well as the nuances of exempt employees and how to classify them to protect the exemption. At the end of this comprehensive employment law workshop, attendees will have the opportunity to “stump the attorney” with a panel Q&A session on wage-and-hour laws and rules.

This workshop will teach attendees how to develop a Quality Assurance & Performance Improvement (QAPI) program in detail, then will dig into how to implement a successful QAPI program. Multiple samples of audit tools, quality indicators, calendars, outcomes, and action plans will be given and reviewed. Audience participation will be welcome as we develop a QAPI program together!

With each passing year, diagnostic coding accuracy plays a greater role in quality reporting, risk adjustment, and payment. The foundation of ICD-10-CM coding accuracy is translating medical terminology into coding language with proper application of coding guidelines and instructions found in a current coding manual. This highly interactive workshop for novice coders, or those who never had these lessons, teaches the essential basics and beyond for the most accurate application of diagnosis codes. Case studies, exercises, and many opportunities to ask questions reinforces understanding of the concepts presented. A current coding manual is required for class participation.

There is often a mystery surrounding gaining referrals and achieving quota. The unknown factors tend to get passed off with excuses like: "You don’t understand my market" ... "There aren’t enough patients, Medicare, or referring physicians" ... "The hospitals or ACOs are capturing or controlling the flow of referrals" ... "There are too many agencies in my area". With those and other excuses, we truly start to believe that all referrals are controlled by someone else or elements out of our control. However, that doesn’t explain how Home Care Sales has successfully deployed their methodology all across the country and received successful results with every agency that fully dives in with the high performance sales process. We only have one day – a simple eight hours – to create some forward progress with your organization that will help you become more profitable and a more sales functional agency.

The best way to master the new Conditions of Participation is to have strong case managers who are in charge of care coordination. This presentation will discuss best practices to bring to your agency on case management and documentation. Topics discussed will be understanding goal-driven care, how to manage the patient holistically, and how to ensure proper documentation of care coordination without risking clinical burnout. Additionally, in this workshop we will discuss the best strategies for accurate and compliant documentation to prevent denials in light of increased oversight by auditors.

This workshop will allow home health staff members to obtain information in order to evaluate where their agency would stand if Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) were happening in their state today. VBP results from the first two years of the pilot will be reviewed and how VBP has affected the nation’s Home Health Compare/Star Rating scores. Directors, clinicians, and quality review staff will not want to miss this workshop.

This workshop is designed for home health providers and their staff to equip them with the tools they need to be successful with Medicare billing, coverage, and documentation required.

With the new Medicare Conditions of Participation, clinical managers, and now administrators may be required to help the surveyor navigate through the survey process. This presentation will educate clinical managers on how to not only remain in a constant state of survey preparation, but learn the different types of surveys and how to work through the survey process.