Home Health Pro

$599.00

Product Code:

XHHPRO^12

Attendees: each

DecisionHealth’s Home Health Pro, the Education Hub for Coding & OASIS Reviewers, provides real-world training that will help you both ramp-up and keep sharp on key coding and documentation topics.

Receive on-demand training and valuable CEUs!

Multi-user pricing available, 1-800-650-6787 ext. 2715

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Home Health Pro

DecisionHealth’s Home Health Pro, the Education Hub for Coding & OASIS Reviewers, provides real-world training that will help you both ramp-up and keep sharp on key coding and documentation topics.

On the job, a coding/OASIS review professional needs to know how to find the information they need buried in the medical record. Gaining experience with actual records is essential in onboarding, and the need for training and education doesn’t end once you’re ramped-up. To maximize accuracy and safeguard ethical reimbursement, experienced coders need to stay up-to-date on new and revised codes, changing regulations, Coding Clinic updates, and more.

Home Health Pro is a training program that includes interactive educational tutorials and monthly live discussions led by experienced coding and OASIS experts.

With Home Health Pro, you will:

Speed up onboarding & reduce turnover with real record experience
Increase coding accuracy and prevent errors with education on coding and OASIS changes, evolving regulations, Coding Clinic updates.
Receive timely industry updates and ongoing education during live calls with industry experts
Minimize time away with virtual, on-demand trainings

Every user of Home Health Pro gets access to:

Monthly live calls with a coding/OASIS expert: Participate in monthly live calls where educators answer questions and offer feedback. Presenters will also provide updates on recent developments including proposed code changes, Coding Clinic guidance, new regulations, OASIS Q&As, and more. Live calls are recorded for later review.
ICD-10-CM Coding & OASIS Assessments: Identify your staff's home health ICD-10-CM coding and OASIS understanding, identify potential skills gaps, pinpoint areas for training opportunities, and monitor progress over time.
On-demand training & lab activities that include simulated activities in real-world records on the following key coding and documentation topics:

Meet Face-to-Face Requirements, Stay in Compliance
Face-to-Face Lab Activity
Understand What You Can Code From: Deep Dive into Different Types of Referrals
Referrals Lab Activity
Identify Co-Morbidities, Sequence Appropriately
Co-morbidity Lab Activity
Identify the Principal Diagnosis, Establish Focus of Care
Principal Diagnosis Lab Activity
Prepare to Code Real-World Cases: Explore Source Documents
Source Documents Lab Activity

View a sample course here

Training & Lab Activities

Ramp-up and keep sharp with these home health coding & documentation courses. Each course includes competency checks along the way, so students can review what they learn.

View a sample course here.

SESSION 1: Meet Face-to-Face Requirements, Stay in Compliance: Learn what the home health Face-to-Face is, what is required for a compliant F2F, and what information you can use to help inform your code selection. Walk through examples of F2F and related documentation samples.

Face-to-Face Lab Activity: Distinguish between compliant and non-compliant F2F documentation examples with real-world examples.

SESSION 2: Understand What You Can Code From: Deep Dive into Different Types of Referrals: What to expect. What to be cautious about. What can you code from? What can’t you code from?

Referrals Lab Activity: Distinguish between compliant and non-compliant real-world referral examples.

SESSION 3: Identify Co-Morbidities, Sequence Appropriately: Work through provider documentation and clinician documentation, look at the Focus of Care, review the H&P to pull out what is acute vs. chronic. Learn how to tie different conditions together and organize diagnoses

Co-morbidity Lab Activity: Review real-world documentation to identify and code for co-morbidities.

SESSION 4: Identify the Principal Diagnosis, Establish Focus of Care: How do you choose the right condition? Consider risk adjustment, PDGM payment, Focus of care, POC, compliance issues.

Principal Diagnosis Lab Activity: Review real-world documentation to identify and code the primary diagnosis

SESSION 5: Prepare to Code Real-World Cases: Explore Source Documents: Explore all the types of documentation you will see when coding real-world cases. Explore the different types of Provider encounter notes, discharges summaries, H&Ps, Progress Notes, Inpatient and post-acute facility documentation, Problem Lists. What can you code from and what is off-limits? What kinds of providers can determine diagnoses? Green/Yellow/Red documentation categories. When and how to query.

Source Documents Lab Activity: Review a variety of real-world documentation to determine and code for diagnoses.

Monthly Live Calls

Participate in monthly live calls where educators answer questions and offer feedback. Presenters will also provide updates on recent developments including proposed code changes, Coding Clinic guidance, new regulations, OASIS Q&As, and more. Live calls are recorded for later review.

Calls will take place on the Third Wednesday of every month, starting on Jan.15, 2025.

2025 Schedule (Third Wed of every month); 12- 1 p.m. EST

January 15: Kick-off call, start of year updates

February 19: Meet Face-to-Face Requirements, Stay in Compliance

March 19: Understand What You Can Code From: Deep Dive into Different Types of Referrals

April 16: Identify Co-Morbidities, Sequence Appropriately

May 21: Identify the Principal Diagnosis, Establish Focus of Care

June 18: Documentation and tying it all together

July 16: Meet Face-to-Face Requirements, Stay in Compliance

August 20: Understand What You Can Code From: Deep Dive into Different Types of Referrals

September 17: Identify Co-Morbidities, Sequence Appropriately

October 15: Identify the Principal Diagnosis, Establish Focus of Care

November 19: Documentation and tying it all together

December 17: End of year updates, looking toward next year

Training Experts

	Claudia Baker, RN, MHA, HCS-D, HCS-O, Senior Manager, SimiTree Claudia Baker is a senior home care executive with successful experience in the areas of compliance, quality improvement, operations, and technology. She has extensive experience with consulting and education for home health, hospice and home care agencies, specifically related to workflow improvement. Claudia currently serves as a Senior Manager for SimiTree Healthcare Consulting. 30 of her 38 years in healthcare have centered around home-based services, including technology experience in the development of clinical software applications. She serves as a Board member for the Association of Home Care Coding and Compliance and has authored books related to the OASIS assessment for home health. She holds a Master’s Degree in Healthcare Administration and has certifications in both diagnosis coding and OASIS.
	Elise Christensen, HCS-D, HCS-H, HCS-O, COS-C, Coding Manager, Hartford Healthcare Elise Christensen has been an RN for approaching 34 years. She has spent almost 20 years practicing in the newborn intensive care unit setting caring for high risk newborns. During her NICU career, she continued caring for some of her tiny patients as they transitioned home, thus beginning her home health career. She has now spent over 25 years in the home health industry. Her home health positions held include: pediatric and adult field nurse, marketing, coding, and senior leadership. For the last 11 years Elise has been involved full time in Coding and OASIS review, serving both as a front-line reviewer, educator/mentor, and Coding Director. Currently, Elise is serving as leader of the Coding and OASIS Review team for a very large hospital-based Home Health and Hospice agency. As a commitment to excellence, Elise has held uninterrupted HCS-D and COS-C certifications for the past 9 years and is a member of both AHCC and AHIMA in good standing.
	Kelly Kavanaugh, RN, HCS-D, HCS-H, HCS-O, BCHH-C Independent Home Health and Hospice Consultant, owner of The OTB Group, Inc. Kelly Kavanaugh has been in home health and Hospice for 30 years. She has worked as an agency owner & administrator, DON, done Billing/Claims, been a field nurse, done marketing, served as director of education, QAPI, and OASIS review & coding. She has been coding & OASIS certified 15+ years.
	Nanette Minton, RN, HCS-D, HCS-H, HCS-O, Senior Clinical Coding Manager, MAC Legacy Serving in a leadership capacity for over 20 years, Nanette has held a variety of roles in the home care and hospice industry including clinical, administrative, consulting, education, and agency startup & development. She currently holds the position of Senior Clinical Coding Manager for MAC Legacy. Nanette provides day to day coding and quality support to the home care and hospice agencies receiving coding services. She also serves as a consultant for quality and regulatory issues that arise due to the complex and integrated nature of coding. Nanette’s experience in the industry gives her a unique perspective and allows her to provide coding and audit knowledge firsthand to clients.
	Apryl Swafford, RN, BSN, COS-C, HCS-D, HCS-H, HCS-O, QA Manager, SimiTree Healthcare Consulting Apryl Swafford, who currently serves as QA manager for SimiTree, has more than 20+ years of experience in home health. She began her nursing career in 1994 with a BSN from Jacksonville State University in Alabama and has worked in roles as a case manager, clinical manager, and leader of a cardiopulmonary specialty program. Apryl is a certified OASIS specialist (COS-C, HCS-O) as well as having coding certifications in both home health and hospice (HCS-D, HCS-H). She has led multiple coding and OASIS classes for agencies, as well as speaking on topics of interest to home care and hospices agencies, such as OASIS E, home health regulations, PDGM, outcomes management and others, at many state associations.

Continuing Education

BMSC
This program is eligible by the Board of Medical Specialty Coding & Compliance (BMSC) for up to 5 HCS-D, HCS-C or HCS-O CEUs or 3 HCS-H CEUs.

Instructions

Webinar system requirements and program materials:
To fully benefit from this program please note you will need a computer equipped with the following items:

- Internet: Internet connection (high-speed connection recommended)

-Web Browser: Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, or Safari, with JavaScript enabled

Note: Once you have completed checkout you will receive an order confirmation email from support@hcpro.com within 1 business day. This email will include your password and login information. Upon logging in you will gain access to all course material. The course material is to be used solely by the purchaser. Any sharing of this documentation is prohibited.

If you have questions about this virtual class contact us at:

Phone: 800-650-6787
Email: customer@decisionhealth.com

Monthly Live Zoom Calls:

We use Zoom to host our live calls that occur monthly. To ensure your system supports Zoom, use this link https://zoom.us/test. Information on how to register for the monthly calls will be included within the course material.