This session will provide details about new billing codes that have recently been approved by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Participants will learn the service and documentation requirements for these codes as well as the...
This session will provide updates to billing codes that have recently been approved by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Participants will learn the requirement changes for these codes, including changes for submitting claims. The...
This session will review the complexities of caring for the growing population of cardiac patients in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). The speakers will familiarize the participants with the current deficits in care provision to these patients...
The session will highlight the latest scientific evidence through a series of brief oral presentations from leading researchers in the field of PALTC. Oral presentations will be followed by questions and dialogue between the audience and speakers.
Since Clostridum difficile ( C. difficile) infection has been shown to be a marker of debility and death in post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) residents, it is critical that the treatment team develop an understanding of the scope of the problem...
This session will consist of a moderator and panelists representing a skilled care provider, managed care organization (MCO) payer, physician group taking risk for use of high acuity services and, a provider of a clinical program, and services...
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This session will begin with a brief overview of private practice trends through the last few decades, followed by a discussion on logistics of starting a business in highly regulated health care and even more so the post-acute industry. A panel...
Small changes may go unnoticed unless the caregiver knows what to look for and what to report. This knowledge can help the primary care practitioner take better care of the older adult. Missing small changes and not reporting them may cause problems...
Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman explains that most of our decisions are made by a fast intuitive process, system 1, which uses past experience and information that is immediately available; the other process is slow and deliberate, system 2, which...
