About the Event

Innovate * Evolve * Overcome

Speaker: CEO, Melinda A. Gaboury
PDGM Revenue Cycle Management Changes | June 22, 2021 11:00am-12:30pm

The most significant change in Homecare Reimbursement in 20 years went into effect January 2020. The Patient Driven Groupings Model – PDGM is complicated, confusing and overwhelming. CMS has provided some data on the revenue impacts and new PDGM components, but there is more to be considered. Revenue Cycle, from beginning to end, will require changes to adapt. Preparing now is essential in being prepared for the PDGM onslaught.

Hospice Eligibility Documentation | June 22, 2021 | 1:30pm-3:00pm

Accurate hospice eligibility documentation is critical to fulfilling the CoPs and payment requirements. The lack of supporting documentation for a terminal prognosis is the number one reason for denial. Reviewers often look for a significant decline in patient condition. Although this is not a requirement of hospice care, terminal prognosis is. This session will help clinicians document the slightest changes in baseline measures. More importantly, you’ll learn how to capture in documentation the occurring changes that support terminal prognosis – even without a decline in baseline measures. Go beyond the LCDs and common tools for documenting eligibility by drilling down to the details and characteristics that differentiate terminal and chronic patients with the same diagnosis.

Medical Review in the Hospice Medicare Certified World | June 22, 2021 3:30pm-5:00pm

This session will take agencies through the winding road of Medicare scrutiny. While billing the Medicare benefit and getting paid relatively easy, there is always a risk of things being reviewed at some point and what can you do to avoid denials. Participants will be able to define the levels of Medical Review that are currently active: including, UPIC, SMRC, MAC ADR, and RAC. The session will review how to respond to any level of medical review that may occur. This session will also discuss PEPPER reports and other data analysis that agencies will need to review to ensure that their risk from medical review is limited. This session will review some Tennessee specific PEPPER data so you can tell where you stand compared to others in the state. Don’t be caught in the position of believing that everything is just okay or that the Public Health Emergency is a shield from medical review. Attendees will take away information that will assist in assuring that your hospice truly is accurately documenting.