Free PDPM webinar December 11th. The new Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) is the first major update to the Medicare skilled nursing PPS in two decades and went live just weeks ago. In this discussion, industry leaders will share what administrators need to know, primarily from a clinical and operational perspective, now looking back two months after going live. Session participants will hear from senior living CPAs & advisors on the top 10 tasks to check off your PDPM list as you look to succeed post-implementation.

SHP's Chris Attaya will be presenting at the Home Care Alliance of Massachusetts 2019 Annual Financial Management Conference on December 10th. He'll be taking a deep dive into Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) program data and trends over the last three years, especially as it pertains to agencies in Massachusetts.

Free PDGM webinar, on-demand. The implementation of home health Medicare Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) is quickly approaching, and the impact to the revenue cycle and cash flow is significant. Aaron Little from BKD shares the latest information on revenue cycle preparation impact issues, including new claim coding requirements, revenue cycle documentation workflow strategies, cash flow impact estimates and new billing documentation requirements.

If you are attending the 2019 LPAC Conference in Miami, visit with SHP at Booth #50. We're excited to share our new tool to help improve care across the continuum, CareStat®. Stop by to see a demo and learn how CareStat gives hospitals and ACOs access to data on patients in the post-acute setting, driving better care decisions and provider collaboration.

Free PDGM webinar, watch on-demand. With the new Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) quickly approaching, therapists must reinvent their focus from number of visits, to the value they bring to agency outcomes. This session will describe the value to revenue through contributions to accurate OASIS coding; the value to cost effectiveness through patient engagement and good care coordination; and the value to clinical outcomes through using appropriate skill sets for our most common home health diagnoses and conditions.

In the CY 2019 Home Health Final Rule, CMS dramatically changed the scoring methodology for the Home Health Value-based Purchasing Program (HHVBP) pilot. The new Composite Measures are complicated and the reweighting changes the emphasis of which measures will impact your TPS scores. Join us November 6th for a webinar where we'll take a deeper dive into the rule changes, insightful TPS analyses, and trends over the past three years. They will also review the recently released new SHP HHVBP reports for Performance Year 4.

With the change from OASIS-C2 to OASIS-D, CMS has implemented a new outcome risk model for the first time in 8 years. Join our webinar to learn how home health risk adjustments are calculated, highlight changes in the new risk model, provide insights on how your patient population and clinical practices can impact your scores, and review helpful guidance on what you need to consider in managing your outcomes.

SHP is looking forward to attending the 2019 NAHC Home Care and Hospice Conference in Seattle, WA this year. Visit us at booth #1019 to see how we are preparing our clients for success through the PDGM transition. Also be sure to catch session 108 on October 13th. SHP's Chris Attaya and Mark Sharp of BKD will share characteristics of top performing home health agencies from their annual benchmark analysis.

The Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) is driven by a multitude of clinical factors that calculate the 30-day payment. Join us October 9th for a webinar where Karen Vance of BKD Health Care Group describes Episode Management as a model for Clinical Managers to ensure OASIS data and diagnosis coding accuracy, develop effective and cost-efficient interdisciplinary plans of care and provide oversight to utilization and LUPA management over the two 30-day PDGM payment periods.

If you are attending the 2019 OCHCH Annual Conference & Trade show, don't miss Wednesday's session on Managing Utilization under PDGM with Star Ratings in Mind. SHP's Chris Attaya will share insights on how best to care for patients under the new payment model. September 18, 10:45am - 12:15 pm.