Calendar of Events
Home Health Series
Home Health Hot Topic Series – OASIS-E1 Update: What Has Changed?
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OASIS-E1 Update: What Has Changed?
The OASIS-E1 is a minor revision to the data set but includes deletions, revisions and a new item for COVID vaccination status. This webinar will catch you up on the changes in items, their associated guidance and teach best practices for accurate OASIS data collection for 2025.
Date: January 14, 2025
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM
Speaker:
Jennifer Osburn, RN, HCS-D, COS-C, is a Clinical Consultant with Healthcare Provider Solutions, Inc. (HPS). With over 30 years of home health experience, Jennifer brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise which includes education and training, agency management, quality, clinical case management, and software technology. She is also a credentialed OASIS and ICD-10 Coding expert.
Jennifer began her home health career in a large privately owned agency after transitioning from Medical-Surgical Urology hospital nursing; however, she has worked for all types of agencies in multiple states. Her love for sharing knowledge and experience led her to clinical consulting, where she enjoys translating technical guidance into information that the busy home health professional can deploy to improve the efficiency and quality of care being delivered to the patients they serve.
Jennifer Osburn has led numerous home health educational seminars for state and national associations as well as specifically designed education training plans for agencies for the past 12 years. In addition to consulting across the US, she has trained staff for The Joint Commission and ACHC, has authored numerous industry blogs and articles, and has assisted home health software companies with solutions that ensure compliance with Medicare guidelines. Her areas of expertise and firsthand experience include OASIS, ICD-10-CM Coding, Case Management, Medicare Home Health Conditions of Participation, Billing Requirements, Documentation Compliance for Quality and Payment, Emergency Preparedness, Agency Operations, and PDGM
Join us for this monthly webinar series designed to provide you with valuable insights quickly and efficiently.
PHA and HPS look forward to keeping you up to date in this monthly update!
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- January 14: OASIS E1 Update – What has changed?
- February 11: Home Health Revenue Cycle – What Pains You the Most?
- March 11: Effective Interventions & Goals on Home Health Plan of Care
- April 8: OASIS GG Items – The Fine Print!
- May 13: The Latest in Home Health Medical Review
- June 10: Optimizing Managed Care: Strategies for Success
- July 8: Home Health Emergency Preparedness
- August 5: Home Health Proposed Rule 2026
- September 9: Home Health Value Based Purchasing – Where do we stand?
- October 14: Coding Update – What’s Hot and What’s NOT!
- November 11: Contract Negotiations for Managed Care – Where to Begin?
- December 16: 2026 Hot Topics of Implementation for The Coming Year!
Costs: Cost: Free (member) | $50 (prospective member)
Home Health Hot Topic Series – Home Health Revenue Cycle – What Pains You the Most?
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Home Health Revenue Cycle: What Pains You the Most?
Cash flow is a key to thriving in the home health industry in light of all the changes and challenges. This session will provide insight into the current best practices on improving the efficiencies for your agency’s revenue cycle process.
Date: February 11, 2025
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM
Speaker:
Melinda A. Gaboury, COS-C, is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Healthcare Provider Solutions. 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 extensive experience in Medicare Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) training, billing, collections, case-mix calculations, chart reviews, and due diligence. Medicare appeals (UPIC, RA, ADR, and TPE) with all the Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) have become the forefront of Melinda’s current impact on the industry. She is currently serving as the Chair of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) Home Care and Hospice Financial Managers Association (HHFMA) Advisory Board and Work Group, Treasurer of the Home Care Association of Florida Board of Directors and serves on the Tennessee Association for Home Care Board. Melinda is also the author of the Home Health OASIS Guide to OASIS-E and Home Health Billing Answers 2024.
Join us for this monthly webinar series designed to provide you with valuable insights quickly and efficiently.
PHA and HPS look forward to keeping you up to date in this monthly update!
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- January 14: OASIS E1 Update – What has changed?
- February 11: Home Health Revenue Cycle – What Pains You the Most?
- March 11: Effective Interventions & Goals on Home Health Plan of Care
- April 8: OASIS GG Items – The Fine Print!
- May 13: The Latest in Home Health Medical Review
- June 10: Optimizing Managed Care: Strategies for Success
- July 8: Home Health Emergency Preparedness
- August 5: Home Health Proposed Rule 2026
- September 9: Home Health Value Based Purchasing – Where do we stand?
- October 14: Coding Update – What’s Hot and What’s NOT!
- November 11: Contract Negotiations for Managed Care – Where to Begin?
- December 16: 2026 Hot Topics of Implementation for The Coming Year!
Costs: Cost: Free (member) | $50 (prospective member)
Home Health Hot Topic Series – Effective Interventions & Goals on Home Health Plan of Care
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Effective Interventions & Goals on the Plan of Care
Do you struggle with writing an individualized home health plan of care? This webinar will provide you tools and insights on how to develop interventions and goals to meet the needs of your patients and to ensure you are ready for your next home health survey.
Date: March 11, 2025
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM
Speaker:
Tammy Stewart, RN, CPHQ, COS-C, is a Clinical Consultant for HPS. She is a member of the National Association for Healthcare Quality and holds a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) certification. As a part of the HPS clinical consulting team, Tammy provides support and solutions to home health and hospice agencies across the country to achieve regulatory compliance.
Tammy’s commitment to service and compassionate nursing care started 30 years ago as a home health nurse. Her experience includes successfully starting a Hospice QAPI program and serving as a Hospice Quality Manager.
Tammy has experience as a Home Health Clinical Manager as well as case management of home health patients. Tammy has provided education and leadership for home health, hospice, and acute care settings throughout her nursing career. Her knowledge of Federal and State Regulations along with her clinical experience motivates her to continually seek solutions to the barriers of healthcare in all settings. Tammy’s experience includes developing and implementing quality and performance improvement programs for home health and hospice in addition to performing data analysis, clinical chart reviews, onsite billing audit reviews and provider education.
Join us for this monthly webinar series designed to provide you with valuable insights quickly and efficiently.
PHA and HPS look forward to keeping you up to date in this monthly update!
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- January 14: OASIS E1 Update – What has changed?
- February 11: Home Health Revenue Cycle – What Pains You the Most?
- March 11: Effective Interventions & Goals on Home Health Plan of Care
- April 8: OASIS GG Items – The Fine Print!
- May 13: The Latest in Home Health Medical Review
- June 10: Optimizing Managed Care: Strategies for Success
- July 8: Home Health Emergency Preparedness
- August 5: Home Health Proposed Rule 2026
- September 9: Home Health Value Based Purchasing – Where do we stand?
- October 14: Coding Update – What’s Hot and What’s NOT!
- November 11: Contract Negotiations for Managed Care – Where to Begin?
- December 16: 2026 Hot Topics of Implementation for The Coming Year!
Costs: Cost: Free (member) | $50 (prospective member)
Home Health Hot Topic Series – OASIS GG Items – The Fine Print!
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OASIS GG Items: The Fine Print!
GG items are front and center for 2025 value-based purchasing measures, and accurate data collection is key. In this session, we will look at the fine print details of guidance and the discharge function score measure’s calculation.
Date: April 8, 2025
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM
Speaker:
Jennifer Osburn, RN, HCS-D, COS-C, is a Clinical Consultant with Healthcare Provider Solutions, Inc. (HPS). With over 30 years of home health experience, Jennifer brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise which includes education and training, agency management, quality, clinical case management, and software technology. She is also a credentialed OASIS and ICD-10 Coding expert.
Jennifer began her home health career in a large privately owned agency after transitioning from Medical-Surgical Urology hospital nursing; however, she has worked for all types of agencies in multiple states. Her love for sharing knowledge and experience led her to clinical consulting, where she enjoys translating technical guidance into information that the busy home health professional can deploy to improve the efficiency and quality of care being delivered to the patients they serve.
Jennifer Osburn has led numerous home health educational seminars for state and national associations as well as specifically designed education training plans for agencies for the past 12 years. In addition to consulting across the US, she has trained staff for The Joint Commission and ACHC, has authored numerous industry blogs and articles, and has assisted home health software companies with solutions that ensure compliance with Medicare guidelines. Her areas of expertise and firsthand experience include OASIS, ICD-10-CM Coding, Case Management, Medicare Home Health Conditions of Participation, Billing Requirements, Documentation Compliance for Quality and Payment, Emergency Preparedness, Agency Operations, and PDGM
Join us for this monthly webinar series designed to provide you with valuable insights quickly and efficiently.
PHA and HPS look forward to keeping you up to date in this monthly update!
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- January 14: OASIS E1 Update – What has changed?
- February 11: Home Health Revenue Cycle – What Pains You the Most?
- March 11: Effective Interventions & Goals on Home Health Plan of Care
- April 8: OASIS GG Items – The Fine Print!
- May 13: The Latest in Home Health Medical Review
- June 10: Optimizing Managed Care: Strategies for Success
- July 8: Home Health Emergency Preparedness
- August 5: Home Health Proposed Rule 2026
- September 9: Home Health Value Based Purchasing – Where do we stand?
- October 14: Coding Update – What’s Hot and What’s NOT!
- November 11: Contract Negotiations for Managed Care – Where to Begin?
- December 16: 2026 Hot Topics of Implementation for The Coming Year!
Costs: Cost: Free (member) | $50 (prospective member)
Home Health Hot Topic Series – The Latest in Home Health Medical Review
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The Latest in Home Health Medical Review
Medical review scrutiny in home health is ramping up and agencies are struggling to know where to focus in avoiding denials. This webinar will highlight the current top denials and specific documentation tweaks that if implemented will assist in avoiding denials if the chart is medically reviewed.
Date: May 13, 2025
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM
Speaker:
Melinda A. Gaboury, COS-C, is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Healthcare Provider Solutions. 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 extensive experience in Medicare Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) training, billing, collections, case-mix calculations, chart reviews, and due diligence. Medicare appeals (UPIC, RA, ADR, and TPE) with all the Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) have become the forefront of Melinda’s current impact on the industry. She is currently serving as the Chair of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) Home Care and Hospice Financial Managers Association (HHFMA) Advisory Board and Work Group, Treasurer of the Home Care Association of Florida Board of Directors and serves on the Tennessee Association for Home Care Board. Melinda is also the author of the Home Health OASIS Guide to OASIS-E and Home Health Billing Answers 2024.
Join us for this monthly webinar series designed to provide you with valuable insights quickly and efficiently.
PHA and HPS look forward to keeping you up to date in this monthly update!
-
- January 14: OASIS E1 Update – What has changed?
- February 11: Home Health Revenue Cycle – What Pains You the Most?
- March 11: Effective Interventions & Goals on Home Health Plan of Care
- April 8: OASIS GG Items – The Fine Print!
- May 13: The Latest in Home Health Medical Review
- June 10: Optimizing Managed Care: Strategies for Success
- July 8: Home Health Emergency Preparedness
- August 5: Home Health Proposed Rule 2026
- September 9: Home Health Value Based Purchasing – Where do we stand?
- October 14: Coding Update – What’s Hot and What’s NOT!
- November 11: Contract Negotiations for Managed Care – Where to Begin?
- December 16: 2026 Hot Topics of Implementation for The Coming Year!
Costs: Cost: Free (member) | $50 (prospective member)