EVENTS
2024 TAHC Fall Conference
Speaker(s): Melinda A. Gaboury, CEO, Jennifer Osburn, Clinical Consultant, and Tammy Stewart, Clinical Consultant
Category: Conference
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Speaker(s): Melinda A. Gaboury, CEO, Jennifer Osburn, Clinical Consultant, and Tammy Stewart, Clinical Consultant
About the Speaker(s)
Melinda A. Gaboury, with more than 30 years in home care, has over 22 years of executive speaking and educating experience, including extensive day to day interaction with home care and hospice professionals. She routinely conducts Home Care and Hospice Reimbursement Workshops and speaks at state association meetings throughout the country. Melinda has profound experience in Medicare PDGM training, billing, collections, case-mix calculations, chart reviews and due diligence. UPIC, RA, ADR & TPE appeals with all Medicare MACs have become the forefront of Melinda’s current impact on the industry. She is currently serving as the Chair of the NAHC/HHFMA Advisory Board and Work Group and is currently serving on the Board of Directors for both the Home Care Association of Florida & Tennessee Association for Home Care. Melinda is also the author of the Home Health OASIS Guide to OASIS-E and Home Health Billing Answers, 2023.
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About the Event
Monday, November 18
Home Health: How Well Do You Know Your GG’s?
Speaker: Jennifer Osburn, RN, HCS-D, COS-C
10:25 am – 11:55 am CST
Prepare now for the 2025 Discharge Function Score- the change from current outcomes measures based on the M1800 OASIS items to a single measure that relies on the GG OASIS items and impacts 20% of the VBP Total Performance Score. Despite having a full set of GG0130 and GG0170 OASIS items for five years, home health clinicians and clinical leadership staff often remain unable to accurately assess and score (code) the GG items. This session will cover interpreting how the calculation of the Discharge Function Score works for administrators and clinical leadership, as well as instructions for accurately coding the GG items using real-world scenarios and focusing on the most misunderstood aspects of the GG items for clinical leadership and clinicians.
Home Health: Value Based Purchasing
Speaker: Melinda A. Gaboury, CEO
1:20 pm – 2:35 pm CST
HHVBP began January 1, 2023. This session will detail the process of the Value-Based Purchasing Model. The Interim Performance Reports are continuing to rollout data. This session will detail review these reports. The HHVBP changes for 2025 will be detailed in this session. The session will also review the calculation methodology of VBP Model and what agencies should be doing to be successful in 2025 and beyond.
Hospice: The HOPE Tool
Speaker: Tammy Stewart, RN, CPHQ, COS-C
1:20 pm – 2:35 pm CST
The 2025 Hospice Final Rule included the Hospice Outcomes and Patient Evaluation (HOPE) tool that we have been anticipating. This session will outline the date of implementation for the Hospice Outcomes and Patient Evaluation (HOPE) tool and how it differs from the Hospice Item Set. This session will review the current tool in detail and discuss the completion requirements. There will also be a review of the impact on the Hospice Quality Reporting Program as new measures will be added as the result of the clinical data collection on the HOPE.