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Upcoming Events, Seminars and Activities

What's new . . .

Valuable Educational Opportunities!
 


ICD-9 Coding Hands-On Workshop

September 17 - 19, 2008
 by Lisa Selman-Holman, JD, BSN, RN, HCS-D, COS-C

Sept. 17: ICD-9 coding 101 workshop (for beginners) 
Sept. 18-19: ICD-9 coding 201 workshop (for intermediate to advanced)
Sept. 19: HCS-D Certification Exam

Click here for details and
to register!

 




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Click here to read PPS Rule as Published on 8/22/07

Home Care associations submit comments to CMS on Proposed PPS changes.

Click to download a PDF copy of HCAC's 4-page statement  read NAHC Comments


CO State Legislators Act on Home Care -
(This section open to members only via hidden link.)

CONGRESSIONAL ALERT - July 16, 2008!

Pres. Bush Vetoes,
House and Senate Overturn,
HR 6331 is law!

Home health, hospice market basket updates preserved for 2009, Out-patient therapy cap exception process extended to 12/31/09; DME competitive bidding delayed for 18 months; Medicare Advantage payments take major hit; "rural add on"
not reinstated...
 

25 Million Miles Driven by Colorado Home Care Providers Annually!

Click here to read results of new study on how escalating gas prices are affecting cost and access to home care in our state...

 


CAHABA RESOURCES

Medicare home health materials available free of charge!
Click here
 

SB-153, The Home Care Licensure Bill, Becomes Law.


HCAC Exec Meets with Sen. Salazar and Rep. Udall in D.C.

Colorado Featured in Home Care Automation Report. Don't miss these stories:
1) A Tale of Two States 
2) From Home Telehealth Vendor to Home Telehealth Patient


Vail Convention Reaches "New Heights of Excellence &
Business Success"


2008 Convention Co-Chairs Donna Floyd, Interim HealthCare, Grand Junction, (left), and Channie Wright, Bayada Nurses, Westminster, welcome attendees to the 38th Annual Convention & Home Care Exhibition at the Vail Marriott Mountain Resort & Spa.




Raising High Standards Higher . . . Yes, raising already high standards of quality and excellence by just a few percentage points is the immediate goal of a new statewide initiative announced by the HCAC board. (click here to read of new program announced by President Sue Brown)

Neumann-BrownSonya Neumann assumes HCAC Presidency.

Technology Roundtable Brainstorms Home Care Future
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Dan Nicholson

Dan Nicholson honored for Innovation and Leadership in Home Health Technology.
 Click here!

Sean-CaseyColorado Dept. of Health Care Policy & Financing Reports on Telemedicine Discovery Project. Click for story detail.

Check these photo features!


Click here
for tips on
"Resolving Medicare Questions for Claims
Needing Correction"

provided by Cahaba (2/15/08)
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Click here
 for PPS Payment System Update
provided by Jeff Lewis, Lewis, Inc.
(1/15/08)

Medicare PPS Question Line
1-877-299-4500



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New Report Available!
In Demand and Falling Short  -
Work Force Challenge Facing Home Care in Colorado,
by the Colo. Cross-Disability and SEIU, 14 pages in PDF format. [Read on line or download now]

 


 Click here for a quick link to Medicaid Volume 8
(rules and regulations)...
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Colorado Dept. of Health Posts CMS Instructions On Initial Certification Surveys...
(Nov. 14, 2007)

Click here to read new policy on initial surveys!

Click here to request  application!

 


 Click here for 2008 Home Health Advisory Committee meeting schedule!
 


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HCAC members participated in the Nov. 16th Statewide Member-Only Audio-Conference and discussed the Dept. of Health's proposal to license home health agencies in Colorado.

Watch for more info on this important subject.!
 

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HCAC Asks Colorado Congressional Delegation to Help Stop Home Health Funding Drain!

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Your
Association's Advocacy!

 

 

Planning 2006

Funding and Reimbursement Policies Targeted as Top Priority Issue by HCAC Leadership, Growing Paperwork Burdens Tagged #2 -- See Report on HCAC BOD Planning Project

Planning 2006
 

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