AUDIOCONFERENCE ON TAPE OR CD
Sponsored by Assessing New Procedures and Technologies
presented on February 13, 2007
Despite hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy being applied for certain infections, poisonings and wound healing deficiencies over the past 50 years it remains a poorly understood modality. As a result, it spurs a number of administrative, finance, compliance and staffing model issues
Is your facility ready for HBO therapy?
Listen to the audioconference, Assessing New Procedures and Technologies: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy. Our experts give you tips for determining whether your organizations should offer the therapy, the clinical and financial impacts of adopting it, how to create an implementation and adoption plan, and much more!
At the end of this audioconference, participants will be able to:
- explain the commonly accepted uses of HBO therapy
- illustrate the cost of introducing and maintaining an HBO therapy program
- recognize revenue expectations
- classify key program success drivers
- identify common program pitfalls
AGENDA
- Role of HBO in clinical practice
- What is treatable
- What is reimbursable
- How do you treat it using hyperbaric medicine
- Variables when moving forward
- Capitalization requirements
- Physical plant needs
- Installation costs
- Common hyperbaric business models
- What kind of physicians, nurses and technicians will be needed for each model
- Implementation plan
- Basic privileging criteria
- Describe common program management and compliance pitfalls
- Ensure successful programs
- Minimizing compliance problems
- Q&A session
FACULTY
Richard Clarke, is president of National Baromedical Services (www.baromedical.com), a hyperbaric management, training and consulting company he founded in 1986. Dick's background in hyperbaric medicine extends back four decades and includes technical, clinical, safety, education, administration and research roles. He serves as program director and faculty for primary and advanced hyperbaric training courses, and has been instrumental in the teaching of over 6,000 health care professionals.
Mary M. Verhage, RN, BSN, CWOCN, CHRN, is a nationally certified wound, ostomy and continence nurse and certified hyperbaric registered nurse with 16 years experience. She most recently worked as the practice manager and nurse clinician for Hyperbaric & Wound Care Associates, a healthcare group that provides advanced wound care and hyperbaric oxygen therapy to patients in Southeastern Wisconsin. Verhage has consulted and provided direct patient care to individuals in the acute, long-term, rehab, and home care environments since 1999.
WHO SHOULD LISTEN?
Finance managers, vice presidents of new business development, wound healing center program directors, medical staff professionals, VPMA, administrators, CEOs, department chairs, medical executive committee, CEO/COO, VP strategic/business/service line development, risk managers.
PROGRAM MATERIALS
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