The Medicare "Must Knows" and Updates for Hospice

Overview:

As the PHE ends, home health and hospice agencies are just coming up for a breath- and realizing that we have not had time to focus on some of the basic issues of Medicare reimbursement, utilization, regulatory updates and audits! These webinars will get you all caught up to speed and get your agency focused again on an overview of Medicare reimbursement, issues with payment audits, and the hot topics in quality measures, and more importantly- what it means to your operations! This session will include an update on the Proposed rule.

CE’s: NHA

Presenter: Annette Lee, Provider Insights, Inc.

Annette Lee is a registered nurse practicing since 1990, with the majority of her nursing experience in public health care, and has a Master’s in Health Care Administration. In 2000 she joined the home health intermediary Cahaba GBA where she became a Medical Review instructor, providing education to home health and hospice providers on Medicare reimbursement issues and effective documentation strategies. After nearly a decade working for the intermediary, she began Provider Insights, Inc. In the private sector, she was able to provide insights into Medicare regulations and how to make them work for agencies on a day-to-day basis to both increase quality and reduce risk. Most recently, CGS contracted Provider Insights, Inc to perform all of the MAC’s clinical education for home health and hospice providers. Her broad experiences make her uniquely able to provide practical solutions to meet the requirements of the fiscal intermediary system and medical review within the “real world” environment of hospice and home health. She presents nationally on Hospice, LCDs, Home Health coverage, OASIS, PPS, medical review/appeals, documentation and coverage.

Registration:

Registration is free for SDAHO Members and $49 for Non-Members.

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