2022 Home Care Symposium

Conference Kickoff
Leah Farina, Vice President, MEDITECH

Keynote: State of Home Care: Industry at a Crossroads
Vicki Hoak, CEO, Home Care Association of America

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​All About the Notice of Admission
Hinda Polyakov, Senior Specialist, Client Services, MEDITECH
Hear essential information about Notice of Admission (NOA) setup, required components and processes, and workflows for primary payers and MSP.

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Improving Clinical Documentation Using Customized Protocols and Assessments
Denise Swegles, MBA, BSN, FACHE, Administrator, Home Health & Hospice, Schneck Medical Center
Rebecca Floyd, BSN, RN, Clinical Regulatory Specialist, Home Services, Schneck Medical Center Magnet Program Coordinator, Retired
Join Denise Swegles and Rebecca Floyd from Schneck Medical Center as they share the organization’s strategies to produce more accurate, easier-to-read documentation using rebuilt and maximized protocols and assessments. During this session, you’ll learn how Joint Commission regulatory standards and guidelines from the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA) were used to direct change. Attendees will also explore how Schneck’s newly implemented process promotes evidence-based nursing care that not only improves patient safety and high-quality care, but also ensures regulatory requirements are being met. 

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Optimizing Home Care Mobile
Brandi Wilmerding, Senior Specialist, Client Services, MEDITECH
Attend this session for a review of some recent enhancements, including geolocation capability and hospice spiritual documentation. We'll also take a look at future enhancements to Activity Log notifications and electronic handwritten signature.

Daily Kickoff
Michael Malone, Associate Vice President, MEDITECH

Administrative/Financial Development Discussion
Kimberly Makepeace, Supervisor, Product Development, MEDITECH
During this session, we’ll review a number of recent enhancements, such as Notice of Admission and hospice document improvements, as well as upcoming enhancements related to the Private Duty Service Line.

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Payer Setup 101
Ella Hawkins, Specialist, Client Services, MEDITECH
Learn the basics of setting up a payer within Home Care, including all of the required fields and dictionary entries that need to be reviewed and considered for successful submission.

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Claims Mapping
Hinda Polyakov, Senior Specialist, Client Services, MEDITECH
How does data find its way to claim forms in Home Care? Attend this session for tips and helpful information to successfully navigate the flow of data to your claim form. 

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The Price is Right
Lucy Tenai, Analyst, Client Services, MEDITECH
LeNay Banks, Senior Specialist, Client Services, MEDITECH
Join us for an in-depth look at how pricing functionality, such as List Price, Rate Schedule, and Contract Pricing, impacts revenue, as well as how these items post to the account and show up on the claim.

Daily Kickoff
Greg Leach, Associate Vice President, MEDITECH

Home Care Development Overview
Michael Triggs, Director, Product Development, MEDITECH
Attend this session for a look back at our Home Care solution in 2021 and a glimpse of what's to come in 2022.

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Non-Traditional Uses of Home Care
Cheryl Adams, RN, BSN, MBA, Home Health Administrator, At-Home Health Care of Sparta Community Hospital
Rena Hebda, RN, MSN, Senior System Analyst, Avera Health
Join us for a discussion of non-traditional uses of Home Care: administering monoclonal antibodies in the surge of COVID-19 and a Care Transitions program to prevent hospital readmissions.

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Meeting the Next Challenge with PMP Handout
Stephen King, Manager, Client Services, MEDITECH
During this session, we’ll review PMP offerings, including recent updates to Home Care reports and PMP Studies. We’ll finish the session with an open discussion on what agencies view as challenges for the coming year.

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Making Report Scheduler Work for You
Stephen King, Manager, Client Services, MEDITECH
We’ll take a deep dive into the Report Scheduler based on clinical and/or financial responsibilities and workflows.

Daily Kickoff
Cathy Turner, BSN, MBA, RN-BC, Associate Vice President, MEDITECH

Clinical/Clinical UX Development Discussion
Alice Black, Supervisor, Product Development, MEDITECH
Philip Chow, Manager, Product Development, MEDITECH
Get a first look at OASIS-E in both the 2.7 and 2.8 UX, and learn about new enhancements to the 2.8 UX to make it even more user-friendly.

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Documenting Bereavement in Home Care
Scott Rogers, Specialist, Client Services, MEDITECH
Alicia Jackson, Senior Specialist, Client Services, MEDITECH
Explore how to optimize the entire hospice bereavement process in Home Care, from Create Mailing List to Discharge, including dictionary setup, task flow, and reports. 

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Building and Implementing Interventions
Rachael Nead, Senior Training Specialist, Client Services, MEDITECH
Learn how to build and customize interventions for individual patients, as well as within protocols.

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Stasis: The Tool for Sticky Situations (and Training Too!)
Scott Rogers, Specialist, Client Services, MEDITECH
During this session, you’ll see how to use the Stasis tool for both training and testing issue resolution, without affecting LIVE charts. 

Daily Kickoff
Michael Malone, Associate Vice President, MEDITECH

Integration Interview
Necole John-Baptiste, Senior Technical Support Specialist, Client Services, MEDITECH
Join us for an open interview and discussion with a highly-integrated agency that has used Home Care Integration to optimize many daily processes. 

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What Can the Agency Summary Do for You?
Jason Towns, Project Coordinator, Client Services, MEDITECH
Kevin McElhaney, Senior Specialist, Client Services, MEDITECH
Attend this session to learn how the Agency Summary Report can benefit your agency. We’ll dive into which Standard and PMP Reports this information is extracted from, how using this report can impact your clinical documentation, and finally, the timeliness of your documents and claims.

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Using Data to Review and Improve Clinician Visit Performance
Brock Haiderer, Analyst, Client Services, MEDITECH
During this session, we’ll provide a high-level overview of PMP clinical documentation and the Care Delivery Report to determine where to focus for improvement. We will cover visit notes, POC, and dictionaries involved in improving the clinical documentation process.