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Fazzi Associates distance learning program offers highly effective, highly engaging online trainings without expensive travel costs. Each session is designed to provide state of the art skills while responding to the unique needs of the training participants.

We provide information and skill development in a manner that is fun and easy to learn. More importantly, these sessions always provide practical information and skills that participants can apply immediately. We have provided training to all levels of staff from line staff to supervisors and mid managers to executives.

Our training sessions have consistently been rated as exceptional in terms of process, content, and relevancy to the field.

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Basic Training: Home Health Edition

Free Bonus OASIS Walk Video Training with Best Deal Purchase

When Did "Maintenance" Become a Bad Word?

February 14, 2013
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Eastern

Word of Medicare updates that may eliminate the progress standard has caused a major buzz in the home health industry. The recent court lawsuit has caused many to ask: Has the benefit has been expanded? Should agencies no longer neglect management and evaluation (M&E) services for fear of failure to improve denials? How do I begin looking at utilizing these codes?

Get the answers you need from two of the industry's leading experts who will provide clear guidance about this critical issue. In this information packed 90-minute webinar session, attendees will: 

• Learn to define the appropriate use of the G-Codes for maintenance therapy and both nursing M&E and O&A.
• Examine concerns regarding audits and use of the G-Codes.
• Discuss both the clinical and documentation expectations to support skilled care being delivered to the patient.

Presented by:

Cindy Krafft, MS, PT, Director of Rehabilitation Consulting Services at Fazzi Associates 
Rhonda Will, RN, BS, COS-C, BCHH-C, Assistant Director of the OASIS Competency Institute at Fazzi Associates

Pricing: 

Live Training Only: $199
Live and Training Recording: $299

Click here to register online or here to download a pdf registration form.

So You Think You Know OASIS: The OASIS-Complete Webinar Series

There is no question that OASIS is one of the most important vehicles introduced to home care since 2000.  It directly impacts the financial and quality outcomes of every certified home care agency in the United States.  The response to EVERY item has a direct impact on payment, risk adjustment, process measures, and/or outcomes.

Certified by Fazzi's OASIS Competency Institute, the OASIS-Complete Webinar Series is specifically designed to help agencies achieve OASIS success.  With results of over 8,000 OASIS Skills Assessment Testing clinician testers nationwide, each training is designed to help make improvements where they are needed the most.

Mastering the OASIS Skin Assessment

Recorded November 27, 2012

The Functional Activity Assessment from the Caregiver's Perspective

Recorded December 4, 2012

Drug Regimen Review from Assessment Through Management

Recorded December 11, 2012 

Presented by:
Cindy Krafft, MS, PT, Director of Rehabilitation Consulting Services at Fazzi Associates.
Rhonda Will, RN, BS, COS-C, BCHH-C, Assistant Director, OASIS Competency Institute at Fazzi Associates.

Recording: $199

Therapy Reassessment Training: What You Need to Know Now!

The Home Health PPS 2013 final rule has revised the therapy function reassessment requirements. Implementation for these new rules is scheduled for January 1, 2013. This will affect ALL episodes active on that date, not those beginning on or after the beginning of the year. Don't risk revenue loss, train your staff to understand the rules now! 

Recorded December 4, 2012

When trying to apply the modified rules, there are critical components that can lead to missing the correct timing. The end result will be a revenue loss that agencies can avoid with adequate preparation.

This 60 minute webinar session is designed to answer all your questions about the revised Therapy Reassessment rule, including:

• Learn how overage resumes “on” the reassessment visit and how an earlier visit could end up unpaid.

• Now only the therapy discipline that misses the reassessment will lose coverage. Learn what this means for counting?

• Learn what the "exception" rule actually means with the new therapy case ranges.

Therapy Reassessment Testing

You know training is only as good as how it is applied... now test it!  Measure your clinicians' proficiency in the revised therapy reassessment guidelines before errors are made.  Therapy Reassessment Proficiency Testing package includes two On Demand training videos (including the On Demand Therapy Reassessment Training webinar), online reassessment testing for ten users (to be used for pre and post tests), automated scoring with results sent to the testing managers, and the option to purchase additional testers as well as On Demand testing for future hires. 

Presented by:
Cindy Krafft, MS, PT, Director of Rehabilitation Consulting Services at Fazzi Associates and the current president of the Home Health Section of the American Physical Therapy Association.

Contact us for more information or to purchase this recording.

Someone is Planning to Partner with Your Local Hospital... Will it be You?

Real Strategies for Developing  Successful Hospital Partnerships

Recorded October 10, 2012

In October of this year, 2,211 hospitals (2/3) will be hit with up to a 1% penalty for readmissions within 30 days for their HF, AMI, and Pneumonia patients.  According to MedPAC, these penalties will average $125,000 or 0.24 percent of all inpatient payments in 2013!  And this number is expected to climb.  Next year, the penalty will increase to 2% and up to 3% in 2014 and will contribute to a pool for rewarding high performing hospitals.

What does this mean?  Hospitals need partners to turn financial penalties into financial rewards, and home health agencies are the solution!

Watch this 90 minute information packed webinar session where you will hear first-hand from a home health agency executive who has been successful in partnering with hospitals.  You will learn what works and how to get your foot in the door.  There is no question that hospitals have a lot on the line, and you need to be well armed with the right messages and the right arsenal of tools to motivate them. Get them here.

While other sessions may offer you reasons why you SHOULD partner, this webinar is designed to give you a step by step approach on HOW to partner. 

Presented by:
Eileen Freitag, MBA, Partner, Fazzi Associates.  Julie Shackley of Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice and Peg Doherty from Home Health VNA, who will share with you their solutions for building successful hospital partnerships.

To download a purchase form to mail in with payment, click here.

Therapy Documentation: Setting the Course for Success

The average financial risk per case in which therapy is involved stands at over $1100.  Learn to reduce your financial risk with this three-part webinar series.

Concerns over therapy documentation are not new. Recent audits have confirmed what many agencies have suspected – the content just is not there to support medical necessity. Significant resources have been spent to correct this issue... without success. Agencies that have made changes need to reassess the situation to confirm that key principles are being executed with every patient on every note.

This "nuts and bolts" webinar series will take the discussion beyond hypotheticals with interactive examples and real life scenarios to move theory into actual practice. Therapists and their supervisors will all benefit from this practical approach to a very challenging issue.

Part I: Therapy Assessments - Setting the Stage

Recorded October 2, 2012

A solid home begins with a strong foundation. The initial assessment creates the basis for the plan of care and must support the need to provide additional visits. This session will focus on the critical elements of a thorough therapy assessment with examples of what should be seen in the documentation.

Part II: Therapy Goals and Reassessments – Setting the Expectations

Recorded October 9, 2012

Once a foundation is in place, there has to be a vision of what the structure will look like. As the building process begins, the blueprints need to be consulted and adjustments need to be made as indicated. This session will focus on effective and efficient goal writing as well as what a therapy reassessment is… and is not.

Part III: Therapy Visit Notes – Setting the Standards for “Medical Necessity”

Recorded October 16, 2012

Even with a great initial assessment and a clear vision, each brick added to a building has to be in the right place and stack up correctly or the structure will not be viable. This session will evolve thinking past the “every visit must stand alone” to provide a clear understanding of how visits must fit together and support each other to support medical necessity.

Presented by:
Cindy Krafft MS, PT, Director of Rehabilitation Consulting, Fazzi Associates.

Each session will build on the last, so it is recommended that participants purchase the series. However, individual sessions are available for purchase.

To download a purchase form to mail in with payment, click here.

Free Fast Facts Webinar: Therapy STARS Project Results

Why Do You Need Therapy Documentation Training?

Recorded September 13, 2012

Preliminary results from the National Therapy STARS Project revealed an average financial risk per episode of over $1,500. For the nearly 70 agencies involved with the project this meant a total risk of over $1.85 million!

Join us for a free webinar reviewing the results of the Therapy STARS Project and learn what strategies agencies implemented to reduce risk and what the results were. If you have therapy services in your agency, this is a session you can't afford to miss.

Presented by a National Leader in Rehab Services
Cindy Krafft, MS, PT, is the Director of Rehabilitation Consulting Services at Fazzi Associates and the current president of the Home Health Section of the American Physical Therapy Association.

Click here to view. 

Executive Leadership Summer Series: Clinical Model Management

Organizational Structure Matters: Learning How to Support Your Changing Model of Care

Recorded June 28, 2012

Healthcare reform has forced leaders to examine how care is managed in their agency.  As new models of care are implemented, the effectiveness of leadership is tested.  How can you keep staff up to date?  What can you do to ensure agency-wide best practice and utilization management?

Clinically effective and cost-efficient care delivery models don’t just happen.  Join this session to learn how your agency’s clinical model can develop top performing clinicians and optimal delivery of care… within the most efficient use of resources.  This is leadership which optimizes advocacy and smart business strategy in an increasingly competitive market.

Are There Hospice Patients Living in Your Home Health Agency?

Recorded July 10, 2012

In this dynamic 60 minute session, you will discover firsthand processes designed to help you support the right patient care at the right time in the right setting. The result? Home health agencies benefit. Hospice agencies benefit. Patients benefit. 

As an attendee you will walk away from this session with proven strategies for building your hospice census and appropriately increase your length of stay. This means: 

• Reduced costs with high need patients in your home health agency. 
• Reduced unwanted hospitalizations in your home health agency. 
• Increased patient and family satisfaction in both your home health and hospice agencies. 

We encourage you to have both your home health and hospice manager participate — this is a session they can't afford to miss!

Having the End of Life Conversation: Practical Concepts for Advocacy Within the Continuum 

Recorded July 24, 2012

People impacted by disease at end of life have the opportunity to find closure, symptom management, emotional support, assistance in planning around the logistics of death, and additional support and respite for their caregivers if they elect the hospice benefit.  Choosing the benefit starts with a conversation; a conversation that often fails to accomplish an effective exchange of information about a patient’s choice at end of life. A lack of confidence and/or competence in having the end of life conversation can inhibit our advocacy for people we serve.  Ever respectful of our patients value systems, this webinar will help the listener learn how to improve the effectiveness of this important conversation; increasing our advocacy within the continuum of care.

Presented by: Cindy Campbell, RN, BSN, Associate Director of Operational Consulting, Fazzi Associates

To download a purchase form to mail in with payment, click here.

OASIS-C Integument Assessments: Not for Wimps!

OASIS Skills Assessment Testing of over 10,000 clinicians shows that some of the most frequently missed OASIS items relate to Integumentary Status.

Wounds have a vocabulary of their own: non-epithelialized, early partial granulation, partial thickness tissue loss, healed and unhealed, observable, unstageable, slough, scar. Do you understand why Stage II pressure ulcers can only be non-healing for OASIS purposes? In what circumstances can you correctly classify a normally healing surgical wound as non-healing? Do you understand the process of wound healing? Where does OASIS guidance override standard wound description and reporting concepts?

Mastery of the OASIS-C Integumentary system is easy when you understand the terminology, wound healing principles, and what the OASIS-C data items are asking for. Get the answers you need in this two part webinar series. 

Part I: Pressure Ulcers

Recorded May 1, 2012

• Discuss the principles of wound healing and how they apply to pressure ulcers.
• Define each status of wound healing and apply them to pressure ulcers.
• Identify and document the stage and increase in pressure ulcers correctly during the episode of care.

Part II: Stasis Ulcers and Surgical Wounds

Recorded May 24, 2012

• Define stasis ulcers and surgical wounds in the context of OASIS-C data items.
• Discuss each status of wound healing and apply them to stasis ulcers and surgical wounds.

Presented by: Rhonda Will, RN, BS, HCS-D, COS-C, Assistant Director of the Competency Institute, Fazzi Associates

Click here to download a purchase form to mail in with payment.

Therapy in 2012: What Your Agency Needs to Know

Therapy Reassessments: Year One

Recorded April 5, 2011

As we cross the one year mark of Therapy Reassessments, compliance remains an area of concern in many home health agencies. The focus tends to be on when to do them, but recent audits indicate a much larger issues is what to document. This session will discuss critical issues surrounding Therapy Reassessments, examine models for managing correct timing, and dissect the necessary content to support “medical necessity.”

Interdisciplinary Medication Management

Recorded April 19, 2012

As the role of therapists in home care continues to evolve, integration of medication management into day to day assessments and care delivery remain a challenge for some interdisciplinary teams. Determining focus areas while maintaining appropriate boundaries for the therapies can lack clarity and cause anxiety. This session will examine an interdisciplinary model of medication management incorporating OASIS education on all relevant items.

Therapy and Wound Care

Recorded May 3, 2012

Determining if and when a therapist can participate in wound management is often complicated by regulations, individual competency and agency culture. Defining “wound care” is a key element that must be addressed before any practice decisions are made and documentation is an integral component to avoid denial of therapy visits. This session will discuss the challenges and opportunities for therapists to participate in an integrated care delivery model for wound management while incorporating a clear understanding of the OASIS wound related items.

Presented by: Cindy Krafft, MS, PT, Director of Rehabilitation Consulting, Fazzi Associates 

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Free Fast Facts Webinar: HHCAHPS® Public Reporting Training

Recorded Thursday, March 1, 2012 

Join us for a Free Fast Facts webinar with details on the most current information on HHCAHPS public reporting scheduled for April. Learn which HHCAHPS results will be publicly reported. Find out which measures and data will be posted on home health compare. Get insights on things you can do now to prepare.

Presented by: Gina Mazza, RN, BSN, HHCAHPS Director, Fazzi Associates, Inc.

Click here to view.

The Coding Academy Monthly Free Trainings in ICD-9 and ICD-10

Join the Coding Academy to recieve free monthly webinar trainings to prepare your agency for the transition to ICD-10.  Additional benefits to joining the academy include 

SafeSide™ Hospitalization Reduction Program: Reducing Avoidable Hospitalizations in Home Care

Recorded on February 16, 2012

The Delta Study to Reduce Avoidable Hospitalizations in Home Care was one of the largest studies in the nation helping agencies reduce unplanned patient hospitalizations. Get insights from the study and learn how you can participate in a national study that will test a new hospitalization reduction model designed to reduce agency hospitalization rates by 25% or be in the top (best) 25% of agencies in the country. The participation deadline is approaching soon, so don't miss this opportunity to be a part of this exciting national project.

Presented by: Dr. Bob Fazzi, Managing Partner at Fazzi Associates
Gina Mazza, RN, BSN, HHCAHPS Director at Fazzi Associates

Click here to watch the free webinar recording.

Free On-Demand Webinar on the Findings from the Delta Study to Reduce Avoidable Hospitalizations in Home Care

Recorded on Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Click here to watch the webinar.

Home Health PPS 2012 Webinar Series: What Your Agency Must Know Before January 1st

HH PPS 2012: Sorting Out the Details

Recorded December 8, 2011

What does the new rule say about satisfying the Face-to-Face requirement?  When are Occupational Therapy services considered as dependent or qualifying services?  What is the definition of homebound status?  The PPS Final Rule for 2012 has provided  clarification to each of these questions.  While financial managers are worrying about the continued payment reductions for CY 2012, providers must protect their agencies from further loss of revenue by documenting and delivering home care to patients who meet the Medicare eligibility and payment criteria.  Take advantage of this opportunity to review and ensure that clinical staff understands these essential Medicare rules in this must attend 60 minute webinar session. 

Presented by:  Rhonda Will RN, BS, COS-C, HCS-D,
Assistant Director, OASIS Competency Institute, Fazzi Associates

Therapy Utilization: Getting it Right

Recorded December 15, 2011 

Now that PPS 2012 is final, it is essential that agencies carefully consider the potential impact that therapy utilization has on an agency’s financial viability.  Although some may say there are “incentives” to focus on particular numbers of visits, we all know that issues with this in the past have raised serious concerns regarding what drives therapy practice patterns. This session will examine the therapy related areas of PPS in detail, reaffirm best practices for reassessment compliance, and provide specific guidance to prepare for success in 2012.

Presented by:  Cindy Krafft MS, PT
Director of Rehabilitation Consulting, Fazzi Associates.

Click here to download a purchase form to mail in with payment.

Free Fast Facts Webinar: The HH PPS 2012 Final Rule

Recorded on November 4, 2011

CMS has released the final Home Health PPS payment rates for 2012. The rule was posted on Monday, October 31, 2011 and includes multiple changes impacting home health payments, policies, and quality initiatives. Watch this free Fast Facts Webinar to go over the Final Rule and learn what you can do now to prepare for 2012.

Click here to watch the free on-demand webinar.

ICD-9-CM Code Essentials: Preparing for October 1st

Code changes go into effect October 1, 2011.  There is no grace period. Are you ready?

Recorded on September 15, 2011

The recently released ICD-9-CM codes for FY2012 include over 300 new and revised codes as well as numerous revisions to the existing code set, all designed to provide greater specificity. With no grace period to transition, all health care providers will need to be ready to change to the new codes and avoid using the invalid ones on October 1, 2011!

This 90-minute power webinar session will guide attendees through the new and changed codes impacting home health services. We'll also discuss those codes that have received case mix designation for 2012, while reviewing the changes in the ICD-9-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting.

Presented by: Judy Adams, Consultant and Owner, Adams Home Care Consulting, Inc.

Click here to purchase the online recording online with a credit card.

Paying by check?  Click here to download a purchase form to mail in with payment.

The Complete Home Care Therapy Webinar Series. Three Great Trainings… One Low Price

To Bill or Not to Bill: Handling Missed Reassessments

Recorded on July 29, 2011

Even with thorough preparation, therapy reassessments are sometimes missed. There is a learning curve for both clinicians and agencies and, as with anything new, mistakes have been made. The implications for billing are significant yet have lacked clarity.  No agency wants to lose earned revenue in error. This session will examine the clinical and billing issues surrounding missed therapy reassessments and provide specific strategies to decrease risk going forward.

They’re Back: Connecting Therapy to Outcomes and Process Measures

Recorded on August 3, 2011

The long anticipated Outcome measures utilizing OASIS-C data return this summer. After 18 months of silence on a national level, agencies will be able to once again determine how they measure up to other agencies in an accurate risk adjusted model. This session will connect therapy practice to Outcomes measures, positioning these important services to the larger issue of value based purchasing where quality is key.

Medication Management and the Home Health Therapist

Recorded on August 17, 2011

CMS has used the words “more than capable” with regard to therapy participation in drug regimen review. Yet, the issue of therapists and medications has lacked clarity and sparked much debate.  Back by popular demand, this session will address the expectations of therapist involvement, explore the implications on care planning, and discuss specific concerns that have been raised on both sides of this issue.

Presented by Cindy Krafft, MS, PT Director of Rehabilitation Consulting, Fazzi Associates

Contact Lindsay Doak to purchase a copy or click here to download a purchase form to mail in with payment.

Fast Facts ACOs Webinar

Understanding ACOs: What are they?
What do they mean for home care agencies?
What you should do about them…now!

Recorded on Wednesday, April 13, 2011.
View the free online recording of the April 13, 2011 session.
Download the handout for this session.

The national movement toward the development of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) is moving into high gear. On March 31, 2011, CMS issued its highly anticipated draft rules (400+ pages) for Accountable Care Organizations, a Medicare Shared Savings Program.

ACOs have the potential to become the foundation for the future of all health care, including home care. According to CMS, its goal is to “create incentives for health care providers to work together to treat an individual patient across care settings – including doctor’s offices, hospitals, long-term care,” and other post-acute settings, including home care. There are financial rewards (i.e., shared savings) for ACOs that meet quality standards and penalties for those that don’t.

Where is Home Care?

ACO systems and collaborations are being formed now. Home care agencies must figure out if and how they can be involved. Will you be a true partner? A niche player? Or simply a last choice referral source? Agencies leaders need to act now, but first you need to understand what is happening. Fazzi’s Fast Facts Webinar answers three questions:

1. What are ACOs?
2. What do the formation of ACOs mean to your agency?
3. What should you do about it internally and externally?

Presented by:

Dr. Bob Fazzi, Founder and Managing Partner of Fazzi Associates, Lead researcher on ACOs.
Tim Ashe, Partner and Director of Operational Improvement, Lead for positioning agencies for ACOs.
Patty Upham, Director, FirstHealth Home Care

Home Health Maintenance Therapy Webinar

Recorded on May 5, 2011

There has been considerable confusion surrounding "maintenance therapy" since the specific G-Codes were implemented on January 1, 2011.  Now that April 1st has passed and the anxiety about reassessments is calming down a bit, it is important to regroup and ensure that all levels of staff understand what maintenance therapy is... and isn’t... and that the G-Code is being correctly utilized.  Some agencies see this as a new line of business, while others are convinced they never provide this level of care.  

This 60 minute session discusses the key components of maintenance therapy from the regulations that surround it to the documentation content that supports it as skilled care.

Objectives:

• Define the medical necessity of maintenance therapy.
• Understand the correct application of the relevant G-Codes and monitoring for compliance.
• Examine the critical documentation elements connected with maintenance therapy.

Presented by Cindy Krafft MS, PT, Director of Rehabilitation Consulting Services for Fazzi Associates. She is also the President of the Home Health Section of the American Physical Therapy Association and the Chair of the NAHC Therapy Advisory Committee.  Cindy has 15 years experience in the Home Health Industry.

Register online or by fax.

Fast Facts PPS 2011 Webinar

A free 30 minute webinar outlining the CMS Home Health PPS 2011 proposed changes to the therapy requirements. To view a copy of this session, click here. To access the proposed rule, click here.

Therapy and PPS 2011 Webinar Series Part 2

Moving Beyond Reasonable and Necessary

In 2010 we presented a series of webinars designed to help agencies understand the basic concepts of the new PPS 2011 therapy requirements.  With Part 2 we bring you a series that moves beyond the basic documentation requirements and gets to the heart of what is on the minds of agencies nationwide.  Designed for those who attended our 2010 series and those who did not, you can't afford to afford to miss these webinars!

Therapy Referrals: Is My Agency Maximizing its Potential?

Recorded on January 20, 2011

The concerns of limited financial resources has many agencies looking to therapy services to determine if utilization is at its most appropriate potential. Chronic staffing issues and historical utilization can make it difficult to determine true patient “need” for these services. In addition, the intensified scrutiny of the “medical necessity” of therapy services has some agencies holding back on referrals!  Learn how to maximize your agency’s therapy referrals in this 60 minute webinar session.  

Therapy Documentation in 2011: Qualified Therapists

Recorded on February 17, 2011

As of April 1, 2011, CMS required that initial assessments be completed by qualified therapists.  In addition, qualified therapists are now required to perform periodical reassessments with documented measurable progress toward goals at least once every 30 days. Failure to properly document these visits could mean denial of future payment.  This session will review the documentation expectations for qualified therapists while providing direct examples of applications to ensure agencies are up to date on the April 1st changes.

Therapy Documentation in 2011: Therapy Assistants

Recorded on March 10, 2011

PPS 2011 has placed specific expectations on the therapy assistants. Use of these valuable clinicians has varied throughout the country due to different supervision expectations but the fundamental issues of supervision, care direction and documentation remain universal. This session looks specifically at utilization of therapy assistants in home health and how to appropriately document these visits to ensure compliance with the PPS requirements.

Presented by Cindy Krafft, MS, PT
Director of Rehabilitation Consulting, Fazzi Associates
President, Home Health Section of the American Physical Therapy Association

Contact Lindsay Doak to purchase a copy.

Best Options for Responding to the Home Health PPS 2011 Cuts

Improve Your Revenues with OASIS and Coding

There is no doubt that accurate coding and OASIS assessments affect the financial viability of an agency.  Now more than ever it is essential that agencies ensure that their assessments are completed with the utmost accuracy.  Even a few inaccuracies could mean a significant loss of reimbursement; losses your agency can’t afford!

Objectives:

• Discuss the impact of errors in OASIS assessments and coding on home health agencies’ quality scores and profitability.
• Identify specific OASIS assessment items that are most frequently inaccurate, and what you can do about them.
• Receive proven best practice strategies for improving OASIS assessment accuracy in your agency.

Reduce Your Costs/Grow Your Business

Agencies need to act quickly to prepare themselves for the upcoming cuts.  This includes reviewing their current operations to improve efficiency while reducing costs.  It also includes better positioning themselves and improving marketing efforts for increased business.  Not doing so could mean an even smaller bottom line, and for some agencies this could mean moving into the red.

Objectives:

• Get best practice strategies for promoting services while identifying new service opportunities.
• Identify the key challenges in improving service delivery while reducing operational costs.

Contact Lindsay Doak to purchase a copy.

Preparing for the Home Health PPS Therapy Documentation Requirements

Therapy Documentation: What is Reasonable and Necessary?

Don’t leave your agency vulnerable! This 90 minute webinar training is designed to help agencies discover the components of appropriate therapy utilization. Knowing how to identify these core items in the documentation of each visit is key to determining a therapist’s “need” in the home.

What am I Looking For? A Reviewer’s Guide to Therapy Documentation

As a reviewer, especially if not a therapist, it can be challenging to assess the quality of therapy documentation. Routine review is a critical element of ensuring compliance and head of issues early on so little problems do not become larger ones. This session will dispel myths surrounding the documentation of skilled therapy and provide direction to reviewers that will increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the review process.

Therapy Documentation and PPS 2011: What Agencies Need to Know

When PPS 2011 is final, it’s implications for therapy documentation, utilization of assistants and oversight of the care plan will be presented along with strategies for implementation to ensure compliance. Preparation is key and the time to January 1 is short so don’t miss this opportunity to gain insights into the best options to consider.

Presented by Cindy Krafft MS, PT, Director of Rehabilitation Consulting Services for Fazzi Associates. She is also the President of the Home Health Section of the American Physical Therapy Association and the Chair of the NAHC Therapy Advisory Committee.  Cindy has 15 years experience in the Home Health Industry.

Contact Lindsay Doak to purchase a copy.

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