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Session : NAHC1020
Opening: Welcome Address by Val Halamandaris
Conference : 2010 Home Care & Hospice March on Washington & Law Symposium Conference & Exposition
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- Val J. Halamandaris was named President of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice on its birthday, March 10, 1982. For the past 27 years, he has guided the organization to become one of the most respected in Washington, D.C. Under his direction, NAHC has helped raise public awareness and the acceptance of home care and hospice from 10 percent to more than 80 percent.
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- Halamandaris is a Utah native and worked his way through college on the staff of Sen. Frank E. Moss, and continued working full time as he completed his law degree from Catholic University Law School. He served as Counsel to the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging and the U.S. House Select Committee on Aging. In a congressional career that spanned 20 years, he helped to write major home health, hospice and aging bills into law.
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- In addition to being a trade association executive, he is an attorney, author, publisher, editor, producer of films for television, a published photographer and a humanitarian.
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- Since coming to NAHC, Halamandaris has founded The Caring Institute, The Frederick Douglass Museum, The Foundation for Hospice and Home Care, The Center for Health Care Law, CARING Magazine and The World Home Care and Hospice Organization. Most recently, he helped found the Home Care Technology Association of America, the Private Duty Homecare Association of America and the Home Care and Hospice Financial Managers Association.
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- Halamandaris has won many awards, including the National Ellis Island Award in 2003, and has been one of the nation’s most acknowledged experts on the U.S. Congress and in the fields of health care and aging for more than 40 years.
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Session : NAHC1021
General Keynote: Washington Update: NAHC Policy Staff
Conference : 2010 Home Care & Hospice March on Washington & Law Symposium Conference & Exposition
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- National Association for Home Care & Hospice policy staff engaged in negotiations with Congress, federal agencies and other policymaking bodies will provide inside information on issues of vital interest to home care and hospice providers. Your representatives on the front lines will present the latest on legislative, regulatory, legal and research developments relative to the prospective payment system, conditions of participation, quality monitoring and other vital issues.
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- Objectives:
- Identify pending regulatory issues and analyze their impact on home care and hospice agencies.
- Analyze pending legislative proposals for impact on home care and hospice operations.
- Outline industry advocacy efforts and response to pending legislative and regulatory proposals.
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Session : NAHC1022
102: The Future of Private Plans under the Medicare Program
Conference : 2010 Home Care & Hospice March on Washington & Law Symposium Conference & Exposition
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- The Medicare program has had a private plan option for decades, but enrollment levels have waxed and waned depending on actions taken by Congress relative to reimbursement and regulatory requirements. Dubbed “Medicare Advantage” (MA) under the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, private plans saw dramatic enrollment increases beginning in 2006. Concerns about payments to MA plans exceeding costs for beneficiaries under traditional Medicare became widespread, and Congress and the Administration have taken steps to rein in payment to plans, setting in motion a series of changes that could have significant implications for beneficiary enrollment and providers who serve MA enrollees. This session will chart historic changes in the MA program and provide insight into recent regulatory and legislative activities expected to have an impact on the program’s future popularity and how it will affect the delivery of home health services. The session will also provide guidance on specific areas of concern raised by home health agencies in dealing with MA programs.
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Outline the structure of the MA program;
Describe recent regulatory and legislative changes to the MA program;
Discuss the potential impact these changes may have on plan participation, enrollment, and delivery of home health services to plan enrollees; and
Discuss problem areas home health agencies have encountered in dealing with MA plans, and potential solutions.
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- Faculty: Vicki Gottlich, LLM, Senior Policy Attorney, Center for Medicare Advocacy, Washington, D.C.; William A. Dombi, Esq. Vice President for Law, Director, Center for Healthcare Law, NAHC, Washington, D.C.
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Session : NAHC1023
103: Significant Considerations for Accurate Hospice Cost Reporting
Conference : 2010 Home Care & Hospice March on Washington & Law Symposium Conference & Exposition
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- Any modifications to hospice reimbursement in the future should be based on quality financial information. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has stated its need for enhanced financial data regarding hospice activities and operations. The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC), working with CMS, has developed an approach to provide the information needed to assist CMS and to also provide hospices with meaningful information regarding their own activities. This program will address the changing hospice environment and financial reporting, including cost reporting for the increasing sophistication of hospices and the services being offered. This session is part of an overall effort by NAHC to provide more in-depth education on the importance of proper and accurate cost reporting.
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Describe what is important in both financial and cost reporting as well as enhanced cost reporting;
Describe what information can be developed from an accurate and complete cost report; and
Explain the mechanics of preparation for filing a hospice cost report and the importance of filing an accurate annual report.
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- Faculty: Ted Cuppett, CPA, Dixon-Hughes, Morgantown, WV; Donna Gouveia, Chief Financial Officer, VNS of Greater Rhode Island, Lincoln, RI
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Session : NAHC1025
201: HHQI National Campaign Insights
Conference : 2010 Home Care & Hospice March on Washington & Law Symposium Conference & Exposition
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- HHQI National Campaign Insights is a four-part interactive session designed to introduce and enhance campaign participation. Section one includes a campaign overview and introduction to reducing avoidable hospitalizations and improving oral medication management. The second part focuses on the use of Internet communication tools to improve quality. The third phase focuses on cross-setting aspects of the campaign, including an introduction to care transitions and participant input on physician education resources. The final section consists of authentic depictions of providers’ home health experiences and how they relate to quality improvement.
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Implement HHQI National Campaign best practices related to acute care hospitalization reduction and improvement in oral medication management;
Utilize HHQI National Campaign social networking resources to improve communication and impact quality;
Act to improve care coordination by gaining an understanding of care transitions while providing input on physician education resource development; and
Learn about best practices from their peers by interacting and sharing authentic depictions of participants’ home health experiences.
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- Faculty: Shanen Wright, Director, Home Health Quality Improvement (HHQI) National Campaign, WVMI & Quality Insights, offices in West Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey
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Session : NAHC1026
202: Home Health Cost Reporting: Doing it Right
Conference : 2010 Home Care & Hospice March on Washington & Law Symposium Conference & Exposition
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- Home health cost report information has increasingly become the go-to source used by Congress and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for making legislative and regulatory decisions about payment. And with Congress poised to mandate rebasing of Medicare home health payment rates, stakeholders have become increasingly concerned that widespread indifference to proper cost reporting principles could spell financial disaster for agencies throughout the nation. This session is part of a nationwide effort sponsored by NAHC’s Home Health Financial Managers Association (HHFMA) to educate agencies on proper home health cost reporting principles, common errors, and ways that cost report information can be used as a valuable tool to improve an agency’s operations and financial bottom line.
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- Objectives:
Discuss proper cost reporting principles;
Identify common errors in cost reporting; and
Analyze agency cost report data and identify areas for in-depth review.
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- Faculty: Ted Cuppett, CPA, Dixon Hughes, Morgantown, WV; Katherine Jones, CPA, CFE, CHC, Manager, HC Healthcare Consulting, LLC, Boise, ID; Pat Laff, CPA, Managing Principal, Laff Associates, Hilton Head, SC; Ken McNulty, Senior Vice President/CFO, VNA of Boston, Charlestown, MA; Mark Sharp, Partner, BKD, LLP, Springfield, MO.
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Session : NAHC1028
301: Whats Ahead for Post Acute and Chronic Care?
Conference : 2010 Home Care & Hospice March on Washington & Law Symposium Conference & Exposition
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- Policymakers in Washington have increasingly focused on two inter-related factors that are driving rising costs in Medicare and other health care programs: post-acute care and patients with chronic conditions. Home care agencies are well equipped to play a central role in addressing these formidable challenges. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), and the Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) are already working on studies and pilot programs that involve controlling the costs of hospitalizations, re-hospitalizations, and the management of individuals with chronic conditions. Options under consideration include Accountable Care Organizations, bundling of post-acute care with inpatient care, the use of physician-directed medical homes, and the employment of interdisciplinary teams in chronic care management. Physicians, home health agencies, disease management entities, and health systems all are actively seeking a controlling position in chronic care management. This session will examine the latest thinking among policy experts on how Medicare can most effectively and efficiently deliver post-acute care and the current state of discussions on post-acute care and chronic care management in Washington.
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Identify proposals related to chronic and post-acute care;
Describe the state of policy discussions regarding better management of chronic conditions under federal health programs; and
Discuss projects under way on service delivery in the post-acute setting
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- Invited Faculty: Jeff Kincheloe, J.D., Vice President for Government Affairs/U.S. Senate, NAHC, Washington, D.C.; Mara Benner, VP for Government Affairs, Gentiva Health Services, Atlanta, GA; and Peter Boling, MD, Virginia Commonwealth University INT, Richmond, VA; Bill Borne, RN, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, Amedisys, Baton Rouge, LA
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Session : NAHC1029
302: Responding to Home Health Rate Rebasing: Achieving Efficiency and Reducing Costs under the New PPS Rates
Conference : 2010 Home Care & Hospice March on Washington & Law Symposium Conference & Exposition
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- Cost efficiencies will be the key to meeting the challenges posed with pending regulatory and legislative cuts to home health payment rates. NAHC’s Home Care & Hospice Financial Management Association (HHFMA) is sponsoring this session to guide agencies to ensure that they are maximizing opportunities for achieving operating efficiencies and cost controls.
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- Objectives:
Identify areas of potential financial inefficiency relative to agency operations and care delivery;
Discuss methods for evaluating whether specific cost centers can be made more cost-effective; and
Develop a plan for achieving cost savings in specific cost centers.
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- Faculty: Ken McNulty, Senior Vice President/CFO, VNA of Boston, Charlestown, MA; William Simione, Jr., Managing Principal, Simione Consultants, LLC, Hamden, CT; William A. Dombi, Esq. Vice President for Law, Director, Center for Healthcare Law, NAHC, Washington, D.C
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Session : NAHC1030
303: Financial, Billing, & Service-Level Data: The Impact on Hospice Programs
Conference : 2010 Home Care & Hospice March on Washington & Law Symposium Conference & Exposition
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- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is steadily increasing its requirements for new and proposed reporting for the hospice cost reports and billing. This program will discuss the new regulations, what they mean to hospice providers, how the provider can use this information in managing their hospice operations, and best practices for the industry.
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- Objectives:
Describe how to use the data collected in the cost reporting process to assist in meeting the QAPI requirements in the Medicare conditions of participation;
Describe how accurate and inaccurate data reporting/collection on the cost report affects future hospice reimbursement and payment structures; and
Describe the impact of financial and service level data on hospice programs.
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- Faculty: Carla Braveman, BSN RN MEd CHCE, CEO/President, Big Bend Hospice, Tallahassee, FL; Robert J. Simione, Principal, Simione Consultants, LLC, Hamden, CT
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Session : NAHC1031
304: OASIS-C Assessment Instrument- Implications and Implementation Issues
Conference : 2010 Home Care & Hospice March on Washington & Law Symposium Conference & Exposition
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- OASIS-C is the first major update to the home health assessment instrument since it was introduced in 1999. This important tool will be used, beginning in early 2010, to measure home health quality and establish payment rates. The new instrument contains significant revisions to existing items and major changes to OASIS, including the addition of items that measure processes of care. This program will provide a brief overview of new and changed OASIS items, along with more in-depth discussion of items that providers have identified as problematic since their implementation on Jan. 1, 2010. Tips on care planning around process measures will be provided. Quality report timelines will be reviewed.
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- Objectives:
Clarify OASIS-C items that have proven to be problematic;
Describe how to use OASIS-C process questions in care planning;
Discuss the schedule for release of OASIS-C reports
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- Faculty: Rhonda Will, RN BS HCS-D COS-C, Consultant, Fazzi Associates, Northampton, MA; Mary St. Pierre, RN BSN MGA, VP for Regulatory Affairs, and Mary Carr, RN MPH, Associate Director for Regulatory Affairs, both of NAHC, Washington, D.C
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