OASIS Alert
Expert Advice is At Your Finger Tips
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It’s never too late to take advantage of OASIS guidance.
We’re in a new year, but that doesn’t mean you can’t take advantage of these past audioconferences.
Check out these recent home health and OASIS audioconferences to help your agency recieve all the reimbursement it is owed -- without headaches:
• "Smart, Easy Ways To Reconcile Medicare Home Health Billing Adjust-ments." Learn easy ways to verify that all of your home health epidsode payments are correct -- and what to do if they’re not. M. Aaron Little, CPA; operations manager with BKD; www.audioeducator.com/industry_conference.php?id=1357.
• "Survive Your Audits: Therapy Documentation Issues For 2009." Here are all the tools you need to assess therapy documentation and prepare for a higher level of review. Cindy Krafft, MS PT, COS-C; a 12-year veteran in the home health industry; www.audioeducator.com/industry_conference.php?id=1335.
• "ICD-9 Changes Hit Home Health Agencies With A Bang." Diagnosis coding drives home health reimbursement. Hundreds of new ICD-9 codes took effect last October -- is your coding up to snuff? Judy Adams, RN, BSN, HCS-D; clinical consultant with LarsonAllen; www.audioeducator.com/industry_conference.php?id=1204.
Note: To browse and order Eli home care audioconferences or CDs of past conferences, go to www.audioeducator.com, and select "home health" from the healthcare specialty box or call 800-508-2582.
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