Webinar Overview:

The most significant change agencies have experienced with billing in 2021 is the timely submission requirement for the Request for Anticipated Payment (RAP) and associated penalty.   The coming Notice of Admission (NOA) in 2022 is the next big issue. RAPs have no associated reimbursement in 2021 but carry a monetary penalty if not filed timely and the same will be true for the NOA. The NOA potentially carries a more significant penalty punch and agencies must be prepared.  This session will review some of the key areas of concern with both and guide agencies to compliance.

Objectives:

• Review current claims processing issues log at the Medicare MAC and identify how agencies can track their issues
• Review statistics regarding the No Pay RAP
• Outline penalty and how agencies monitor
• Review the details for NOA regulation from the Proposed Final Rule
• Review Claims Processing Manual for Updates
• Detail the plan of attack for agencies to succeed with NOA implementation in 2022

Presenter:

Melinda Gaboury,

Melinda A.  Gaboury, with more than 29 years in home care, has over 20 years of executive speaking and educating experience, including extensive day to day interaction with home care and hospice professionals.   She routinely conducts Home Care and Hospice Reimbursement Workshops and speaks at state association meetings throughout the country.   Melinda has profound experience in Medicare PDGM training, billing, collections, case-mix calculations, chart reviews and due diligence. UPIC, RA, ADR & TPE appeals with all Medicare MACs have become the forefront of Melinda’s current impact on the industry.   She is currently serving on the NAHC/HHFMA Advisory Board and Work Group and is Treasurer on the Home Care Association of Florida Board of Directors. Melinda is also the author of the Home Health OASIS Guide to OASIS-D1.  

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The 3 V’s: Vaccines, Vaccinations and Variants 

Live Webcast

Thursday, September 16, 2021   

This event is free to members and is $50 for non-members

As variant strains for SARS-CoV-2 continue to rise (we now have at least 15 genetic variants), the importance of vaccination and understanding vaccine efficacy become more significant. 

Recently, the CDC & World Health Organization have established new threat levels for COVID-19 variants. The levels are:

• A variant of interest has caused discrete clusters of infections in the United States or in other countries, or seems to be driving a surge in cases. It also has gene changes that suggest it might be more contagious or that may help it to escape immunity conferred by natural infection or vaccination. Therapeutics and tests may not work as well against it. The CDC is watching three of these.
•  A variant of concern has been proven through scientific research to be more contagious or to cause more severe disease. It may also reduce the effectiveness of therapeutics and vaccines. People who have previously had COVID-19 may become reinfected by the new strain. The CDC is tracking five of these.
• A variant of high consequence causes more severe disease and greater numbers of hospitalizations. It has also been shown to defeat medical countermeasures, such as vaccines, antiviral drugs, and monoclonal antibodies. So far, none of the variants meets this definition.

Join us for a lively discussion on the following topics:

• Current Vaccines
• Differences between the vaccines
• Side effects/efficacy
• Vaccine hesitancy
• COVID-19 Variants

Length of Program: Approx. 60 minutes

About the Speaker:

Barbara B. Citarella, RN, BSN, MS, CHCE, NHDP-BC, Subject Matter Expert to ASPR-TRACIE, President and CEO, RBC Limited

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