Overview:

Dr. Massey will present on buprenorphine and its efficacy for patients with serious illness and in end of life care situations.

CE’s: NHA & SW

Presenter: Dr. John Massey

Dr. John Massey is a Board-Certified pain management and anesthesia physician located in Lincoln, NE. His medical career has focused on helping patients return to their normal lives by relieving pain. Dr. Massey travels across the state of Nebraska treating patients with a broad range of needs related to the intersections of pain, traumatic experiences, and opioid use disorder. Dr. Massey is also involved in grant-funded initiatives at the Nebraska Medical Association that focus on providing education for medical providers on a broad array of issues related to pain, the treatment of opioid use disorder, and safely prescribing medications for pain and anxiety

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

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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.

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

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Purpose: The goal of this webinar is to improve the clinical practices of the palliative care specialist by enhancing the ability to administer adjuvant analgesics for chronic pain.

Why Do I Need to Know This? The effective use of adjuvant analgesics is considered a best practice in the management of specific types of chronic pain experienced by populations with advanced illness, particularly cancer populations. This webinar will present the evidence in support of the efficacy and safety of the various drug classes that comprise the adjuvant analgesics and offer practical guidelines for the use of these drugs.

Objectives:

1. Discuss the approach to opioid pharmacotherapy in patients with pain that may be treated with adjuvant analgesics
2. Describe the selection and dosing of adjuvant analgesics for diverse types of chronic pain
3. Identify best practices in the treatment of neuropathic pain and bone pain

Continuing Education Credits: 1.0 physician, social work, nursing

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Overview:

Advance Care Planning is a process by which healthcare providers can help their patients express what matters most to them should they become seriously ill or injured in order for them to receive goal concordant care. This presentation will discuss the what, why, when and how of the Advance Care Planning process in order for you to incorporate it into your daily work with your patients.

Objectives:

• Identify what Advance Care Planning is and what it is not
• Describe why Advance Care Planning is an important part of patient care
• Name five different events when Advance Care Planning should be done
• Define the C-A-R/R-E elements of how to do Advance Care Planning

CE’s: NHA & SW

Presenter: Michele Snyders, MSW, CSW-PIP, APHSW-C, Hospice and Palliative Care Program Manager, SDAHO

Michele is a clinical social worker with 26 years of healthcare experience. She has worked in both inpatient and outpatient settings, always working with patients living with severe, chronic diseases and their families. In 2007 she began working in Palliative Care. She holds a Post Masters Certification in Hospice and Palliative Care from California State University Shiley Haynes Institute for Palliative Care and is Advanced Palliative and Hospice Social Work-Certified. She recently started working with SDAHO to support members providing Hospice and Palliative Care services and facilitates the LifeCircle SD group. LifeCircle is an inter-professional, inter-agency group of professionals who are committed to improving the lives of those with serious illness through education and advocacy.

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

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Overview:

When it comes to the prevention of pressure injuries, a 100% of the preventative interventions are performed by the caregivers. This session will review preventative interventions and the role of caregivers and front-line staff.   This session will provide caregivers with what causes and puts residents at risk for pressure injuries and skin breakdown. The session will also provide training on how to perform a skin assessment and what to report.

Objectives:

• Identify the causes and risk factors of pressure injuries and skin breakdown
• Discuss interventions that will prevent pressure injuries and skin breakdown
• Demonstrate how to do a skin inspection

CE’s: NHA & SW

Presenter: Jeri Lundgren, RN, BSN, PHN, CWS, CWCN, CPT President, Senior Provider Resources

Jeri Ann Lundgren has been working in the post-acute care market since 1990, specializing in wound care nationally since 1994.  She is board certified as a CWS (Certified Wound Specialist) by the American Board of Wound Management and a CWCN (Certified Wound Care Nurse) by the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Society.  Her extensive background in wound management nationally includes survey management, litigation support, wound care consultation, program development, clinical wound expert for several state Quality Improvement Organizations and Departments of Health. Currently Ms. Lundgren is the President of Senior Providers Resource.

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

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