BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:dcc30df46450edd79132d336d71d8fb4154 CATEGORIES:Live Webinar SUMMARY:HHWN: Hospice 201 – A Deep Dive into the Benefit: Eligibility, Documentation, Reporting, Surveys & Opportunity DESCRIPTION:
With the sustained growth in Medicare-eligible recipients, it is critica l to stay on top of payment models, participation criteria, documentation r equirements, the regulatory environment and rule changes. Ensure your organ ization is up-to-date and prepared for the foreseeable future.
WEBINAR DETAILS There has been an immense increase of Medic
are recipients electing the hospice benefit. More baby boomers are becoming
Medicare eligible daily, there are CMS payment model reforms, and more tha
n ever, people are choosing to die at home. This is also a time when the OI
G continues to recommend greater oversight of hospice providers. What will
this mean for hospice and palliative care agencies in 2021? Join us for a deep dive into the Medicare hospice eli
gibility benefit and the variety of payment models being introduced. Antici
pated changes to the hospice benefit will be covered in-depth, including pr
eparations and reporting. The webinar will also address common regulatory d
eficiencies and causes and identify which type of documentation is critical
for the foreseeable future. WHO SHOULD ATTEND? This informative session is designed for all hospice leadership,
including CEOs, directors of patient services, clinical managers, superviso
rs, medical directors, and board members. Intake staff, business developmen
t teams, liaisons, and quality and performance improvement staff will also
benefit. TAKE-AWAY TOOLKIT<
/p> MEET THE PRESENTER
Kathy Ahearn, RN, BSN, PHN, Ahearn Advisement Partners
Kathy Ahearn has a Bachelor’s in both Nursing and Social Work, and owns Ahearn Advisement Partners. With over 30 years working and servin g the healthcare community the combination of nursing and social work has s erved her well. She has worked in a variety of post-acute care settings wi th an emphasis on home health and hospice, home infusion, homecare, and ski lled nursing as a PICC and compliance expert. Kathy has a unique ability t o identify agency challenges and opportunities, quickly providing education , support, and mentoring to organizations, guiding them to a new level of o peration.
Kathy helped develop pain s cales to standardize assessment with the American Pain Society and the Join t Commission, which lead to identifying pain as the 5th vital sign. She wa s a trailblazer in the retail pharmacy world introducing the Joint Commissi on to the retail setting for disease state accreditation and reimbursement. In addition to developing manuals and policies, Kathy expanded into medic al device as a Managed Care Director developing one of the first real-time cloud-based disease specific software programs to assist patients, clinicia ns, and managed care organizations improve outcomes and collect data.
Kathy began healthcare work due to a disabled parent and later a child living with chronic disease state. She has experienced healthcare pr ofessionally and personally, dedicating her life to it and to working as a change agent for the betterment of all served.