Program Overview:

Hospice Coding Refresher

Hospice Coding can be a complex task. Join us for this informative webinar as we review the Coding Guidelines, Primary/Terminal Diagnosis and Secondary/Comorbid Diagnoses, Disease Specific Criteria, and detail how to put all the pieces together to achieve accurate Hospice Coding.

OBJECTIVES 

1. Understand coding conventions and guidelines
2. Explain Primary Diagnosis/Terminal Illness and Secondary/Comorbid diagnoses
3. Discuss disease specific criteria for hospice

Presenter – Sharon M. Litwin, RN, BSHS, MHA, HCS-D

Sharon Litwin is currently Senior Manager of Coding & Clinical Consulting at Healthcare Provider Solutions, Inc.  Sharon is the  founder and was the senior managing partner of 5 Star Consultants, a national consulting and coding firm specializing in homecare and hospice services since 2003.  Sharon was an ACHC and CHAP surveyor, performing Medicare deemed surveys for ten years. She is a current ACHC Certified Consultant.

Sharon assists homecare and hospice agencies in providing quality, meeting regulations, ICD-10 coding, OASIS, increasing outcomes and Star Ratings, and having continued survey readiness.  Sharon and HPS staff perform ICD-10 coding and OASIS reviews, QAPI, clinical record reviews, mock surveys and help agencies across the country stay in compliance.  Sharon is a regular speaker for education companies, state and national associations and publications.

Registration Fee:

OCHCH Members – $49 (Per Attendee)
Non-Member – $110 (Per Attendee)

NOTE – Only attendees that have registered and paid in full will receive CEU’s for this event.

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