This registration is for members of the sponsoring state associations listed below and registrants must use the Coupon Code supplied by the sponsoring state association to receive the state member rate:

Arizona Association for Home Care
Connecticut Association for HealthCare at Home
Home Care Association of Colorado
Hospice and Palliative Care Association of the Rockies
Home Care Association of Florida
Georgia Association for Home Health Agencies
Illinois HomeCare and Hospice Council
Indiana Association for Home and Hospice Care
Iowa Alliance in Home Care
Kansas Homecare Association
Kentucky Home Care Association
Home Care & Hospice Alliance of Maine
Home Care Alliance of Massachusetts
Michigan HomeCare & Hospice Assn
Minnesota HomeCare Association
Missouri Alliance for Home Care
Nebraska Home Care Association
Home Care Association of New Hampshire
Home Care & Hospice Association of NJ
New Jersey Hospital Association
NYS Association of Health Care Providers, Inc.
Association for Home Care & Hospice Care of North Carolina
Ohio Council for Home Care & Hospice
LeadingAge Ohio
Oregon Association for Home Care
South Carolina Home Care & Hospice Association
TN Association for Home Care
Utah Association for Home Care
Visiting Nurse Associations of Vermont
Home Care Association of Washington
WV Council of Home Care Agencies, Inc.

A six-part webinar series

 

Description: Beginning in November 2017, Medicare and Medicaid providers — including home health and hospice — must meet a host of new requirements designed to ensure that they have the necessary planning in place to provide safe care for their patients, regardless of what type of emergency may occur. During June 2017, the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC), RBC Limited, and participating members of NAHC’s Forum of State Associations (FSA) sponsored a highly-acclaimed six-part webinar series Emergency Preparedness Requirements for Medicare and Medicaid-Participating Home Health and Hospice Providers. While this series may have concluded, this valuable content is still accessible via recording at a deeply discounted rate of $399 for all members of NAHC and participating state associations. Non-members may also subscribe to the series for $599. These webinars are chock full of information that will be critical for any home health or hospice agency involved in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Registration provides access to the recordings, slides and other valuable materials to any staff member of a registered entity to access as frequently as is needed to digest this valuable content.

Those who attend this webinar series will dramatically increase their knowledge and understanding of the new federal emergency preparedness requirements that are part of these new home health and hospice Conditions of Participation (CoP). In addition, attendees will learn how to apply the federal requirements for disaster preparedness in their home health or hospice agencies. Home health and hospice providers must act soon to ensure compliance in a timely fashion.

Part 1: OVERVIEW OF THE REGULATIONS – Including Lessons Learned, Home Health and Hospice’s Role in an Event, All-Hazards Approach, Components of the Regulation

Part 2: STARTING THE PLAN – Including Four Phases of Emergency Management, the National Response Framework, Incident Command System, and Hazard Vulnerability Assessment

Part 3: BUILDING THE PLAN – Continuity of Operations (Defining Essential Function, Succession Planning, Human Resources, Alternate Location, Defining Patient Populations, and Data Management)

Part 4: DEVELOPMENT OF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES – Patient Classification Systems, Transportation Classifications, Surge Capacity, HIPAA/IT, Tracking Patients and Staff, and Roles and Definitions

Part 5:  COMMUNICATION – Health Care Coalitions; Specific Hospice Requirements; MOUs; Government Emergency Telecommunications System; Collaborative Relationships with Local, State, Federal, and Indian Tribe Nations; Methodologies for Communication; and Utilizing the ICS in Communication

Part 6: TESTING AND TRAINING – Annual/Orientation Requirements, Documentation of Training, Types of Exercises (Tabletop, Functional, Full-scale), After Action Report, Revising and Updating the Plan

CEs: One nursing credit hour will be offered for each of the six parts of this webinar series, for a maximum of six. (This activity has been approved by the Maryland Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.)