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The Survey Process: Surveyor Perspective

The Survey Process: Agency Perspective

The Survey Process: Quality Perspective

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The Home Care Association of Colorado presents

The Survey Process A-Z: How to Ace Your Surveys!
  
By Elaine Graves, RN, BSN, MA, President, MEG Associates Consulting Group, Inc. and Margo R. Zink, RN, BSN, MN, EdD

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A Three Session Audio-Conference Series

11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Mountain Time
 

Audio-Conference Description

Three compelling reasons to dial in to these timely audio conferences:

June 11th: The Survey Process: Surveyor Perspective  (Audience: Administrative/Supervisory personnel, especially those with little or no survey experience, or those who want more information.) Topics to be covered: (1) Organization of the Medicare Home Health Program (CMS/Regional/Colorado offices), (2) Overview of all the Conditions of Participation (CoP) (Partial/Extended and complaint investigations), (3) Components of the Standard Survey, (4) Components of the Partial/Extended Survey, (5) Outcome-Oriented Survey Process (pre-survey, survey process, statements of deficiency).

Upon Completion, you and your staff will be able to:

• Identify the organization of the Medicare Home Health Program;

• Describe the differences between a condition and standard level deficiency;

• Distinguish the conditions/standards in the standard level survey;

• Define the conditions in the partial/extended survey;

• Review the complaint investigation process.

June 25th: The Survey Process: Agency Perspective
(Audience: Administrative/Supervisory/clinical staff personnel, especially those with little or no survey experience, or those who want more information.) Topics to be covered: (1) Management Preparation (preparing for standard survey, survey process, plan of correction and appeal process), (2) Clinical Preparation (home visit, POC/goals, documentation, competency).

Upon Completion, you and your staff will be able to:

• Identify the steps required for standard and partial/extended survey preparation;

• Describe how to effectively go through the survey and appeal process;

• Learn how to write a plan of correction;

• Discuss clinical preparation for the home visit and documentation review;

• Describe clinical competencies required;

• Distinguish organizational versus clinical CoPs.

• Identify the Gtags for reporting OASIS data;

• Describe the content of the five OASIS reports used in the survey process;

• Explain the purpose of Outcome-Based Quality Improvement (OBQI);

• Describe the OASIS report content used in the survey;

• Discuss common agency mistakes related to OASIS.

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This is how it works...     

Complete the Registration Form for your agency. Registered locations will be sent an e-mail confirmation on the Monday prior to the scheduled date of each audio-conference with dialing information and a web link to download handout materials and/or resources.

Join the call by dialing the toll-free number and giving the confirmation number. Gather your staff and listen via speakerphone to the presentation, follow along with the handouts and participate in live, interactive Q&A.

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PLEASE NOTE: Registration fees are based per dial-in connection; multiple call-ins from your agency will be charged. We are unable to accommodate more than one agency per call-in. Written requests for refunds received before the registration deadline for each session will receive a 50% refund less a $50 processing fee for the cancelled session. Fees are non-refundable after this date. There are no refunds for no-shows.

Please complete the Secure On-line Registration Form and submit your registration electronically to HCAC.

You can also download a printable registration form in PDF and fax it to the HCAC at 303-694-4869.

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