Home Health Keys For Success

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Objectives

• Understand how the oral medication management quality measure is calculated.

• Learn how to implement an effective oral medication management program.

• Understand cost-effective ways to implement front-loading strategies to reduce acute care hospitalizations (ACH) and improve the management of oral medications.

• Discuss processes to improve communication between agencies and their referral sources.

• Understand how organizational culture affects patient outcomes.

• Understand the importance of pay-for-performance (P4P) in home health.

Agenda (PDF, 81K)

1.   Welcome and Introductions

• Presentation: Welcome (PDF, 70K)
  Joe Bestic, NHA, BA, Director, Nursing Homes & Home Health, HSAG
• Handout: Home Health Quality Improvement National Campaign Registration Guide (PDF, 160K)

2.   The Relationship

• Presentation: Patient Outcomes, Organizational Attributes, and Nurse Satisfaction: The Relationship (PDF, 61K)
  Jennifer Mensik, PhD, MBA/HCM, RN, Regional Director, Home Health Services, Banner Home Health

3.   P4P in Home Health

• Presentation: CMS Transparency Initiative (PDF, 91K)
  Mary Fermazin, MD, MPA, Vice President, Health Policy & Quality Measurement, HSAG

4.   OASIS Accuracy: Oral Meds

• Presentation: Improving the Management of Oral Medications (PDF, 55K)
  Caralyn E. Williams, MAOM, Quality Improvement Specialist & Pam Sensky, RN, Clinical Quality Specialist, HSAG
• Exercise: Strategy 1 - Patient Assessment (PDF, 245K)
• Handout: QMAP Med Teaching Strategies (PDF, 64K)
• Exercise: Strategy 2 - Patient Adherence (PDF, 199K)
• Handout: QMAP Steps to Medication Simplification
  (PDF, 94K)
• Handout: Therapist's Guide to Recognizing Med Problems in Therapy-Only Patients (PDF, 27K)
• Complete Oral Medications Workbook on MedQIC

5.   Front-Loading Strategies

• Presentation: Front Loading Strategies (PDF, 45K)
  Caralyn E. Williams, MAOM, Quality Improvement Specialist & Pam Sensky, RN, Clinical Quality Specialist, HSAG
• Handout: The ACH Connection: Front-Loading Visits
  (PDF, 219K)
• Handout: Home Telehealth Reference: Phone Monitoring (PDF, 208K)

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