Present-on-Admission and HACs (Audio Conference)

AUDIO CONFERENCE ON CD OR AUDIO ON-DEMAND

Sponsored by Case Management Monthly

presented on September 16, 2008

Stay on top of CMS’ Final Rules for POA and HACs: Protect your reimbursement and reputation through accurate reporting

The time is now to learn how to properly implement present on admission (POA) reporting; any misstep could cost your facility reimbursement-or worse-your reputation. Make sure your staff is up to date on CMS' 10 hospital-acquired conditions (HAC), including the two newly approved condition categories added for the 2009 fiscal year-blood clots in the leg after knee or hip-replacement surgery and complications resulting from poor control of blood sugar levels.

Don’t miss your chance to learn case management methods for POA reporting. Listen to HCPro's 90-minute audio conference, Present-on-Admission and HACs: Case Management Strategies to Protect Reimbursement and Reputation through Accurate Reporting, which will break down CMS’ final list of HACs and complex POA guidelines, as well as explain the difference between coding rules verses clinical documentation.

Expert speaker Deborah K. Hale, CCS teaches you the need-to-know information to protect your reimbursement and your reputation, including how to measure your hospital’s risk and action steps to overcome the day-to-day challenges triggered by this new reporting system.

AGENDA

1. CMS’ 2009 Final Rules for new hospital-acquired conditions (HAC) and present on admission (POA) reporting 
   1. The HACs that made the cut: The final ruling on CMS’ 10 proposed conditions
   2. How these conditions affect your hospital reimbursement and reputation
   3. What case management needs to know about POA reporting
2. Measuring your hospital’s risk
   1. Determine current status through data mining
   2. Validate accuracy of reporting
   3. Establish action steps
3. Strategies for reporting accuracy
   1. Educate and empower the healthcare team
   2. Establish or expand the clinical documentation improvement role
   3. Educate hospital staff and medical staff
4. HACs: Methods for prevention
   1. Evidence-based medicine
   2. Achieving physician buy-in for prevention strategies
5. Q & A

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the program you’ll be able to:

1. Summarize CMS’ hospital-acquired conditions that will not be reimbursed if not documented as present on admission
2. Explain case management’s role in POA
3. Recognize how to measure your hospital’s risk
4. Identify at least three strategies for accurate reporting
5. Discuss methods to prevent HACs

BONUS TOOLS

In addition to the expertise and advice presented during this audio conference, you'll also receive a slide presentation of the program materials and

1. POA query forms
2. Documentation templates

These materials are provided with PDF links.

MEET THE SPEAKER

Deborah K. Hale, CCS, president of Administrative Consultant Service, LLC (ACS), is a certified coding specialist with twenty five years of experience in health care management including administration, health information management, clinical documentation improvement, case management and utilization review.  She is a member of the American Health Information Management Association and the Health Care Finance Management Association.

WHO SHOULD LISTEN?

Case managers, directors of case management, discharge planners, utilization review nurses, staff nurses, and corporate directors of case management.

Coders and physicians may benefit from this program as a secondary audience.

AUDIO ON-DEMAND

In addition to the regular purchase options for HCPro audio conferences, we are pleased to offer another option, an audio on-demand. Audio on-demand allows you to download the program and play it back at your convenience through your computer or MP3 player. Purchase a CD or audio on-demand of the program and listen when you can. It's also a perfect training tool for new staff or as a refresher for veteran staff.

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