Supplying, Administering, and Billing Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccines (Audio Conference)

AUDIOCONFERENCE ON TAPE OR CD

Sponsored by "Nursing Home Infection Control"

presented on September 20, 2006

Don't let your facility get overwhelmed this influenza season!

Barriers such as lack of education and billing can turn the process of vaccinating your facility's staff and residents into a strenuous task. Develop a more effective immunization program now and face the upcoming flu season with confident compliance.

Listen to this 90-minute audioconference and hear valuable tips on how to make your facility's vaccination process easier and more cost-effective. During Supplying, Administering, and Billing Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccines, expert James Marx, RN, MS, CIC, gives you practical strategies to help you develop a comprehensive immunization program, tackle consent issues, and make sure all staff and residents have been vaccinated. You'll also receive a resident education tool, Pneumococcal Disease- Are you at Risk? to encourage your residents to get vaccinated.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• Determine techniques that encourage staff and residents to be vaccinated
• Use expert information to define an influenza case and influenza outbreak in your facility
• Identify cost benefits to developing immunization programs
• Assess information found on Section W form for quality improvement

AGENDA

1. Review of federal vaccination regulations
2. Effective staff and resident educational techniques that encourage them to be vaccinated
3. How to define an influenza case as well as an influenza outbreak in the SNF
4. The cost benefits of comprehensive immunization programs
   
5. General billing requirements for Medicare Part B
   
   1. Roster billing
6. Utilization of Section W information for quality improvement
7. Lifting barriers to giving vaccines
   1. Billing
   2. Documentation
   3. Education
8. Q&A

FACULTY:

James Marx, RN, MS, CIC, infection control and epidemiology consultant, Broad Street Solutions and the University of Phoenix. James has been a nurse consultant working in long-term care since 1989. He began consulting in 1991 and now provides infection control support to over 25 skilled nursing facilities and acute-care hospitals through Broad Street Solutions based in San Diego, CA. He is a graduate of Wagner College in Staten Island, NY, and holds a bachelor of science degree in nursing and a master of science degree in preventive medicine from Ohio State University in Columbus, OH.

James has published several articles and abstracts on infection control and serves on the peer reviewer for the American Journal of Infection Control. He is a member of APIC, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. James served on the National APIC Board of Directors in 2002-2003. In addition to his consulting practice, James is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Phoenix, San Diego Campus, and teaches human nutrition, general science, and healthcare statistics.

James is licensed nursing home administrator and is certified in both infection control (CIC) and nursing administration (CNA,BC).

WHO SHOULD LISTEN:

Directors of nursing, administrators, charge nurses, billers, surveyors, and consultants

Purchase a tape or CD of the program and listen when you can. It's a perfect training tool for new staff or as a refresher for veteran staff.

PROGRAM MATERIALS:
Program materials will be provided with PDF links.

Publisher :  HCPro, Inc
 
Product Types :

• Audio Conferences

Departments :

• Other Long-Term Care Products

ORDER CLASS: L_09-20-2006
SOURCE CODE: EHCM