PDGM: What Have We Learned So Far? Workshop
Creating a Standardized Operations & Quality Assurance System to Thrive in PDGM

Presented by Michael McGowan of OperaCare, LLC

February 20, 2020 - Kenner, LA
9:00 am - 4:00 pm

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Workshop Description & Objectives

PDGM is here, RCD is coming for many, along with proposed 5-day RAP penalties.

Understanding “WHAT” these new systems require of an agency, does not give agencies the practical solution of “HOW” to survive and thrive within CMS’s new requirements. Hospitals, SNF’s, LTACH’s and IRF’s restructured their quality assurance and utilization review departments to manage DRG’s, Value Based Purchasing, and PDGM. Home health agencies need to do the same. Join us to learn what best practices in the acute and sub-acute settings were chosen and used for success; and how home health must do the same in order to achieve operational efficiencies and financial predictability in CMS’s new systems. Best Practices Covered: Standardization & Systemness, Referrals, Scheduling, Care Planning, OASIS Assessments, Quality Assurance, and Documentation. The elimination of after-hours charting for your clinicians MUST be the cornerstone of all of your PDGM implementation plans. 

The course content will include results from a nationwide survey about what providers have learned over the first month of PDGM.

About our Speaker

Michael McGowan, is the founder and CEO of Opera Care, LLC, one of the fastest growing technology firms in the home health industry. Prior to founding OperaCare, LLC, Michael was the OASIS coordinator for the State of California/CMS, Region IX. Monitoring 700 Home Health agencies remotely from his office taught him the intricacies and interactions of the back end software systems used by CMS to monitor and adjudicate home health agencies prior to survey activities. As the industry’s leading home health regulatory expert in ZPIC's, ADR's, and medical review, Michael is well versed in revenue integrity, Quality metrics, CMS survey and sanction activities, and the emerging CMS alternative payment models, HHVBP, HHGM, and ACO’s. His company provides disruptive technology and processes that send nurses home after 4-5 OASIS assessments with no afterhours documentation. Nurses save lives, and OperaCare saves nurses by replacing computer time with family time.”

Workshop Location:

Doubletree New Orleans Airport, 2150 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Kenner, LA 70062, 504-467-3111

Workshop Fees:

Before February 12 - Member $225.00, Non-Member $425.00
After February 12 - Member $275.00, Non-Member $475.00

Refund Policy - A processing fee of $25.00 will be collected for cancellations. No refunds will be given after February 13th. Pre-registration is recommended so a handout will be available to you.