Webinar: Part One

The CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) is required to update the Home Health Prospective Payment System (HHPPS) yearly. The Final Rule published November 06, 2014 is over 250 pages information pertaining to the HHPPS changes, as well as several other regulatory changes beginning in the New Year. With the holidays upon us, who has time to read and digest this plethora of information? These changes will have a profound impact on your agency’s compliance. You need to be prepared! This informative two-part webinar series will cover the recent changes in the Final Rule, and will prepare you and your agency for the changes that are on the way. Our expert faculty will share powerful and proven success strategies to ease your transition.

Learning Objectives

• New guidelines for Face to Face Encounter documentation
• Changed guidelines for therapy reassessments
• OASIS C1 and ICD-10-CM timelines
• Speech Therapy qualification requirements.
• PPS rate changes
• National per-visit rate changes
• Changes to the non-routine medical supply conversions

CE Credit

Participants will earn 1 contact hours of continuing education credits for attending this event.

Axxess is an approved provider of continuing education in the administration of home health agencies by the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services.