Medicare Home Health PDGM: An In-Depth Primer is proudly presented to you by National Association for Home Care & Hospice. Thank you. We hope that you enjoy your course.
During Q1 2019, NAHC and its affiliates HHFMA, HCTAA, and Forum of State Associations held a 12-site set of PDGM Summits that presented a detailed focus on Financial, Clinical, Operations, Business Analytics, and Technology related assessment, evaluation, and strategic recommendations for successful transition to PDGM in 2020. This program is an updated version of the Summits, intended for those who did not attend or need a refresher course. It can also be looked at a perquisite of sorts for the PDGM track in the main agenda of FMC 2019.This primer will include:PDGM structure overview;Financial Implications;Clinical management and impact;Operations transformation;Business analytics and benchmarks; andTechnology modifications.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Identify the structure and operation of the Patient Driven Payment Model;
2. Recognize the impact of payment redistributions based on patient characteristics and the elimination of the therapy volume determinant in payment amounts;
3. Describe the steps needed to adapt care management and clinical practices to the PDGM system;
4. Interpret the changes needed in HHA operations under PDGM;
5. Identify the crucial data and data management techniques needed in PDGM; and
6. Recognize the changes needed to business technologies.
Faculty:
Andrew Olowu
Gina Mazza
Jhonna DeMarky, MBA
Laura Page-Greifinger, BSN, MPA (Executive Program)
M. Aaron Little, CPA
Rob Simione, CPA