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The Ohio Council for Home Care & Hospice (OCHCH) is a non-profit association that serves as the voice of health care at home in Ohio, advocating on behalf of the industry and the individuals and families we serve.
We are a valuable resource to our members and provide continuing education with our workshops, webinars, online learning solutions, regional regulatory meetings, as well as our Annual Conference and Trade Show. We have a staffed help desk for regulatory and procedural questions and finally, we provide a community of agencies to provide support and help each other find success in serving others!
Education
OCHCH offers educational opportunities as part of a comprehensive set of tools and resources to support your agency’s clinical skills, managerial operations, and regulatory requirements. From frontline caregivers to health care executives, OCHCH education programs ensure agencies have the tools they need to thrive.
Advocacy
As the voice of health care at home in Ohio, OCHCH works together with our members to speak assertively and thoughtfully for the interests of the industry. OCHCH ensures our members’ interests are protected and supported by working alongside legislators and other policymakers.
Provider Support
OCHCH members get answers to the toughest compliance, reimbursement, and regulatory questions. Our Help Desk Online and our regulatory experts ensure members receive support for questions dealing with complex subjects.
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Upcoming Events
Description: The purpose of this virtual workshop is to give attendees an up-to-date overview of the operations of a Medicare/Medicaid certified hospice. The participants will gain knowledge of the Conditions of Participation (CoP), describe Medicare certification and licensure, define hospice core services, levels of care, plans of care, notice of election, revocation, discharge and transfer. A brief overview of the billing process for Medicare and Medicaid and the basic elements of cost reporting will also be provided.
Who Should Attend: This program is developed for newly certified hospice staff including administration and clinical; new staff of an existing hospice; social workers, and private duty hospice administrators considering becoming Medicare certified.
This virtual workshop will address:
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- Coverage and services available under the Hospice Medicare Benefit
- Conditions of Participation specific to the Hospice Medicare Benefit
- Coordination of care requirements for the hospice patient in a nursing facility
- Medicare’s billing and reimbursement processes for hospice care
- Hospice program differences between Medicare and Ohio Medicaid
- Strategies for managing hospice patients under a PASSPORT/Waiver service plan
- Operational processes important to hospice care and program management
- Available resources related to hospice care delivery and program management
THIS IS A VIRTUAL EDUCATION EVENT
Program Description: OCHCH is excited to introduce this new workshop, designed for hospice professionals that are stepping into a management role. This program provides hospice-specific information that helps leaders and managers develop the skills they need to meet the challenges and changes they face in managing successful hospice programs, systems and caregivers. Our introductory Hospice 101 course provides the basics of hospice care operations. Hospice 201 is the next level. This workshop offers suggestions for identifying the clinical issues that impact financial performance, and offers guidance on managing the relationship between the quality, clinical and the financial areas of the agency. We’ll also provide strategies to refine and improve billing performance, reduce denials, improve profitability, and increase quality outcomes.
Program Objectives:
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- Describe the role of hospice care in population care management.
- Identify current state/ federal legislation and regulations affecting hospice care programs.
- Describe methods to enhance the financial performance of a hospice program.
- Describe how to manage staff performance to enhance agency reputation.
- Identify the challenges and strategies to improve billing performance and reimbursement issues.
- Identify opportunities and challenges posed by new quality reporting requirements for hospice programs.
- Discuss current issues impacting the provision of hospice care in a long term care facility.
- Identify useful operations management techniques through the use of dashboards and benchmarking.
OASIS E PREP SERIES: BUILDING BLOCKS FOR SUCCESS - SESSION 1
Start Date: 2/17/2022 11:30 AM EST
End Date: 2/17/2022 1:00 PM EST
Venue Name: Virtual Event
Organization Name: Ohio Council for Home Care and Hospice
Contact:
Ryan Crawford
Email: ryan@ochch.org
Phone: (614) 885-0434
OASIS E Preparation Webinar Series
Series Title - OASIS E Prep: Building Blocks for Success
Target Audience - RN, PT, OT, SLP, Quality / Reviewer Staff
2022 is shaping up to be quite a year for home health agencies as Home Health Value Based Purchasing and OASIS E will require preparation that will consume already limited resources. Changes to OASIS have always increased stress for all organizational levels. Waiting until the end of the year to educate staff collides with the holiday season - a time that is very busy for agencies under normal circumstances.
It is important to keep perspective. Not every item in OASIS E is “new” as many of the current items remain in the updated tool. That being said, items related to the functional assessment have been a source of frustration for both clinicians and reviewers as they are a consistent area where corrections are needed. Effectively preparing for OASIS E must include a focus on dealing with issues related to the “old” items in a way that reduces errors in 2022. This increases the ability of the organization to address the “new” items as implementation draws closer and minimize errors and corrections in 2023.
This series of 4 webinars will provide agencies with the tools needed to prepare for OASIS E:
- Session 1 - OASIS E Prep: Assessment of Function: M and GG
- Objectives:
- Define “safety” in the context of the OASIS items related to functional ability.
- Discuss strategies for improving the accuracy of OASIS data collection with respect to functional ability.
- Connect assessment of function using the M and GG OASIS items.
- Objectives:
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