Event Type : Webinar

Overview:

Leading healthcare systems must focus on performance improvement (reducing costs) and growth. Typically, the focus on cost-cutting is the common reaction to headwinds . . . 89% of hospitals currently have a cost-reduction plan (but only 6% characterized their programs as effective!) However, growth can have a greater near- and long-term impact on value. Growth can have a compounding effect on value creation and come in a variety of ways: Grow revenue at the same margin (top line); Substitute lower margin for higher margin services (bottom line); Expand volumes in higher margin services (top and bottom line).

Presenter: Craig Deao, MHA, National Speaker, Managing Director, Author, Huron

Craig is a senior leader at Huron, and a highly regarded national speaker on leadership, engagement, quality, and patient safety. He works with healthcare executives to create highly reliable organizations where employees want to work, physicians and nurses want to practice, and patients want to receive care.

Overview:

This session will ensure that you have full understanding of how to ensure your agency stays off the radar of the Hospice Special Focus Program (SFP). Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has created a “Special Focus Program” to identify poor performing hospices and help them improve through more frequent surveys and technical assistance. Did you know the SFP actually began January 1, 2024?? Your hospice data TODAY is counting towards the SFP. CMS will also impose enforcement remedies and fines to further incentivize improvement. In this presentation, Annette will discuss the Hospice Special Focus Program and work through the algorithm on what is considered, and how these are weighted- and may land hospices in this “special” program, and steps to ensure you don’t end up in that exclusive community.

Presenter: Annette Lee, RN, MS, HCS-D, COS-C

Annette is a registered nurse, with a Master’s in Health Care Administration, practicing since 1990.  For over a decade she worked with the CMS Home Health and Hospice intermediary, Cahaba GBA and CGS, where she provided review of, and education on home health and hospice documentation.  She worked as a specialist in the Medical Review, Appeals, and Provider Education departments, and assisted with cross-MAC quality assurance and training.

Annette then founded Provider Insights, Inc. providing consultative support and provider education regarding Medicare reimbursement issues and effective documentation strategies, assisting providers across the nation with Survey Preparation, ADRs and appeals. Today she continues to marry together her experience in the “real world” and the inside knowledge of Medicare to ensure providers can meet the requirements of CMS, and ensure compliant, efficient operations.

Overview:

Dr. Kenneth J. Doka published his seminal book, Disenfranchised Grief: Recognizing Hidden Sorrow, 35 years ago. Grief experts are now using Dr. Doka’s concept to describe and support the grief experiences of often overlooked populations. Join Dr. Doka as he discusses what led him to identify disenfranchised grief, along with psychotherapist Doneley Meris and Dr. Tangela Sawyerr, who apply Dr. Doka’s work to loss in the LGBTQ+ community and adult sibling loss.

Panelists:

• Kenneth J. Doka, PhD, MDiv, is Senior Vice President, Grief Programs at Hospice Foundation of America
• Doneley Meris, MSW, FT, CT, a grief psychotherapist, bereavement counseling mentor and training consultant
• Tangela C. Sawyerr, DSW, MA, MSW, LSW, is an Assistant Director of Student Affairs and
  Assistant Professor of Teaching at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Overview:

Palliative care access in rural communities can be a challenge, in part, due to workforce challenges. Community health workers can help expand access to other types of care, but what about palliative care? This session will summarize recent research on the perspectives of current palliative care providers and advocates on integrating community health workers into palliative care teams in South Dakota and will suggest opportunities for further discussion.

Presenter: Angela Kroeze Visser, Ph.D., MPH

Angela recently completed her dissertation research on community health workers in palliative care from the University of South Dakota. She also holds an MPH in Community Health Education from the University of Minnesota and has worked for more than 15 years in community public health roles. Her work with communities to identify and address health needs fuels her interest in helping implement programs in ways that are sustainable. In addition, Angela currently serves as the Director of the Kielstra Center for Research and Grants at Dordt University.

Overview: 

This session will provide an overview of workplace safety perspectives in home health care, focusing on the risks of physical assault and non-physical aggression. Participants will learn about the challenges unique to providing services in a home environment and the importance of reporting incidents of violence. The session will also highlight strategies for better preparing staff to handle violent behaviors and the role of leadership in developing a safety culture.

Objectives:

1. Explore the Prevalence of Risk: Review the prevalence of physical assault or non-physical aggression that contributes to workplace violence in home care settings.
2. Discuss Protection Strategies: Discuss strategies that home care staff and employers can use to protect themselves from workplace violence.
3. Understand Management’s Role: Understand the role of management in improving reporting rates and supporting staff facing challenging situations.

Presenter: Lisa Terry, Principal Consultant, Secure Workplace Solutions, LLC

Lisa Terry, CHPA, CPP has significant experience leading healthcare security, police, safety and emergency management programs. Lisa currently serves as Principal Consultant at Secure Workplace Solutions, LLC.  Prior to that she served as Chief Development Officer for Vistelar Conflict Management and Vice President, Healthcare for Allied Universal®.

Lisa has served as the Chief of Campus Police and Public Safety with WakeMed Health and Hospitals in Raleigh, North Carolina, Chief of Police and Public Safety with Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia and Director of Hospital Police and Transportation at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.

As 2024 Chair of the ASIS Healthcare Community Steering Committee and as a former board president and guidelines council member of IAHSS, Lisa has been fortunate to collaborate with some of the country’s greatest minds in healthcare, security, and policing. She shares her knowledge, strategies, and lessons learned for successfully preventing and mitigating violence in her books: “Preventing Violence in the Emergency Department” and “The Active Shooter Response Toolkit for Healthcare Workers.”

Overview:

QPR is a training that teaches 3 simple steps that anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide. Just as people trained in CPR help save thousands of lives each year, people trained in QPR learn how to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to question, persuade, and refer someone to help.

Presenter: Catelyn Reimnitz, Suicide Prevention Coordinator, Helpline Center

Catelyn Reimnitz has a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Bemidji State University and a Master of Arts degree in Forensic Psychology from the University of North Dakota. She has worked in the field of mental health since graduating from college in 2017, across different domains from in-patient psychiatric units to case management to state government. She is a certified trainer in multiple suicide prevention trainings and enjoys connecting to communities through these trainings. In her down time she enjoys traveling and spending time with her family.

Overview: 

This class will provide learners with knowledge of the concept of motivational interviewing and how it can be utilized in fall prevention.  Self-management support techniques will be discussed as a means to provide individuals at risk for falls with the knowledge and tools needed to proactively reduce the incidence of falling.

Objectives:

1. Understand the four principles of Motivational Interviewing (MI)
2. Describe the relationship between patient engagement and self-management support
3. Describe OARS in MI
4. Eliciting change talk through MI
5. Strategies for self-management support in fall prevention

Presenter: Jennifer Thiessen, RN, MSN, COC-C, Clinical Quality Partner, Avera@Home

Jennifer Thiessen is a Registered Nurse, with a background in Independent and Assisted Living management.

CE: NHA & SW

Registration:

Free webinar in collaboration with the South Dakota Fall Prevention Coalition.

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