Therapy and Nursing Documentation: Maintaining Efficiency and Compliance
Product Description:
WEBCAST ON CD OR ON-DEMAND
Sponsored by: Billing Alert for Long-Term Care
Presented on 8/24/2012, 1:00-2:30 p.m. (ET)
Ensure collaboration between therapy and nursing for compliant documentation
Proper documentation has never been more crucial under MDS 3.0. During this 90-minute web cast, expert speakers Kate Brewer and Theresa Lang will share their extensive experience to help SNFs align resident documentation across the nursing and therapy disciplines to improve quality of care while protecting the organization from an audit. The speakers will explain how to adhere to MDS 3.0 documentation requirements, coordinate documentation/communication between nurses and therapists to improve resident care, gain insight into nursing and therapy skilled services to promote better collaboration, and strengthen reimbursement claims with comprehensive documentation that supports medical necessity.
At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:
TAKE A LOOK AT OUR AGENDA
- Therapy Documentation
- Principles of skilled therapy documentation
- Evaluation
- Demonstrating skilled interventions
- Documenting skilled services
- Principles of skilled therapy documentation
- Nursing Documentation
- Nursing documentation when the therapy is the daily skilled service
- Role of Section G in reimbursement
- Collaboration and coordination
- Coordination and scheduling challenges
- Understanding the therapy/nursing language barrier
- SNF Medicare meeting
- MDS Reason for assessment and ARD selection
- MDS section Z to billing
- Live Q&A
BONUS MATERIALS INCLUDED IN YOUR MATERIAL PACKET
In addition to the expertise and advice presented during this Webcast, you’ll also receive a materials packet via e-mail with PDF links. Please download the PDF files before the day of the program.
Helpful “take-aways” included with your program materials include:
- RUG
- ADL
- Crossover table
- Medicare meeting format
MEET THE SPEAKERS
Theresa A. Lang, R.N. BSN, WCC, is the Vice President of Clinical Consulting for Specialized Medical Service in Milwaukee, WI. She has worked in long term care for more than thirty years.
Lang has a broad range of experience including Medicare coverage and documentation, MDS Coding, sub-acute program development, and managed care contracting and pricing and is a frequent presenter for educational programs on PPS, MDS, and Managed Care nationwide.
Kate Brewer, PT, MBA, GCS, RAC-CT, is the President/Owner of Greenfield Rehabilitation Agency, which provides contract therapy services to skilled nursing facilities. She is also the President/Owner of Progressive Rehab Solutions, providing practical consulting services to rehabilitation professionals. Brewer has presented nationally on documentation, coding, and rehabilitation management issues and is a recognized expert in long-term care rehabilitation, as well as a member of the editorial board for HCPro’s Billing Alert for Long Term Care.
Who should listen?
MDS coordinators, Administrators, Therapists and Therapy managers, Billing specialists, DONs, Medicare nurses, Medicare coordinatorsWebcast On-Demand
Webcast on-demand allows you to download the program and play it back at your convenience through your computer. It’s a perfect training tool for new staff or a refresher for veteran staff.
Webcast system requirements and program materials:
To fully benefit from the webcast experience, please note you will need a computer equipped with sound card, an Internet connection, speakers, Macromedia Flash player Version 7.0 or higher, a recommended screen resolution of 1024 x 768, and an Internet browser (e.g. Internet Explorer). The use of AOL is not recommended.
Four days prior to the webcast, you will receive an e-mail with detailed system requirements, your log-in information, presentation slides, and other materials that you can print and distribute to all attendees at your location.
Please Note: Participation in the Webcast is just $199 per site. All materials must be retrieved from the Internet. Live orders are assessed a $5 processing fee.
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