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Preliminary Workshop Schedule

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HCS-D Exam Details

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“Deciphering the Code:
Competency in Home Care Coding”

Pre-registration is now closed, please register on-site

Thursday, September 6, 2007
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

and

Friday, September 7, 2007
8:00 to 11:30 a.m.

Presenter:
Lisa Selman-Holman, JD, BSN, RN, HCS-D, COS-C
Selman-Holman & Associates, LLC, Denton, Texas

Location:
PPA Event Center, 2105 Decatur Street, Denver, Colorado,
(303) 433-8247.

PLUS Home Care Coding Specialist - Diagnosis
(HCS-D) certification examination
on Friday, September 7, 2007
1:00 to 4:00 p.m.

We’ll start with the basics of home care coding and advance to more complex home care scenarios. Coding compliance, the right mix for your outcomes and optimized dollars is the name of the game under PPS and becomes even more advanced under the new PPS effective January 1. Find out how your coding could be impacting your outcomes. Are you getting the payments you are legally entitled to?  A little known legal method of using M0245 could mean more to your bottom line. Are you a little confused about the use of M0245? Then M0246 is six times more confusing than M0245. Learn what it means now and how being “V code crazy” may sabotage your success in the proposed PPS. Does sequencing trip you up? Learn tried and true methods for figuring out who’s on first. The codes pertinent to home care that were effective October 1 and any new official coding guidelines will be incorporated so you will receive information on their use.

**Please be sure to bring a current ICD-9 Coding manual to this session!**

 Think you are ready to be certified? The HCS-D exam will be offered on the second day! Separate registration is required.

**Please note: This workshop will not be recorded and, therefore, no tape or CD will be available for purchase.

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Workshop Instructor                      

Lisa Selman-Holman, JD, BSN, RN, HCS-D, COS-C is a home care veteran with 20 years spent in home health and hospice, both as an RN and as an attorney practicing exclusively in home care.  She is the owner of Selman-Holman & Associates, LLC, a full-service home care consulting firm.  She is certified in home care coding and holds the Certificate of OASIS Specialty-Clinical.  Lisa has taught home care coding to thousands of home care professionals across the country.  She also serves as a consulting editor for Eli Research’s Home Health ICD-9 Alert and to Decision Health’s Diagnosis Coding Pro for Home Health.  Lisa is on the Homecare Coding Specialist-Diagnosis (HCS-D) national advisory board for the Board of Medical Specialty Coding (BMSC), and is a BMSC-approved educator for the HCS-D certification exam. She is also on the Exam Review Task Force for the OASIS Certificate & Competency Board (OCCB).

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Preliminary Workshop Schedule          

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The workshop will be held at the PPA Event Center, 2105 Decatur Street, Denver, Colorado, (303) 433-8247.

Directions: Take I-25 to 23rd Street (Exit #211) and go West to Clay Street. Go South on Clay Street to 21st Avenue. Go West on 21st to Decatur Street. PPA Event Center is located at the corner of 21st and Decatur.

Parking: Free parking is available in PPA's private lot located on the north side of the Event Center. 

Lodging: There are several hotels within five miles of the PPA Event Center. Please call directly for accommodation rates and availability.

Certificate of Attendance: A certificate of attendance will be available upon completion of the workshop (based on one contact hour per 50 minutes of approved program.)

Taping: This workshop will not be recorded and, therefore, no tape or CD will be available for purchase.

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The HCS-D exam is a skills-based exam that is becoming the benchmark in home care, and HCS-D certified coders are in high demand in the health care setting for their ability to ensure correct reimbursement and reduce the risk of audit. The exam focuses on using day-to-day skills while working through scenarios and dealing with ICD-9 guideline information. Coders who earn the HCS-D credential prove they can "walk-the-walk" of coding.

Initial Certification Exam
HCAC Members               $229
HCAC Non-Members        $249

Recertification Exam (Only open to those individuals who became HCS-D certified in 2005)
HCAC Members               $109
HCAC Non-Members        $129

Click here to register for the certification or recertification exam

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Workshop Registration Details                               

HCAC Member: $165 first registrant*
HCAC Member: $145 for second/subsequent registrants*
HCAC Non-member: $295* 
*Includes comprehensive workshop manual valued at $20.

Add $15 to each registration if registering after August 24, 2007.

Pre-registration is now closed, please register on-site

Registration fees include workshop admission, comprehensive workshop manual, continental breakfast on Thursday and Friday, refreshments and lunch on Thursday.

Registrations postmarked on or before Friday, August 24, 2007, are eligible for the early registration discount fee.

Only employees of HCAC members and agencies in our neighboring Region VIII states are eligible for the discounted fee.

Registrations may not be split between two or more individuals.

Cancellation & Refund Policy
All cancellations must be made in writing to the HCAC office. Written requests for refunds received by Friday, August 24, 2007, will receive a 50% refund less a $50 processing fee. Fees are nonrefundable after that date. There are no refunds for no shows. Substitutions are encouraged in lieu of cancellations.

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