Spring 2020 Home Care Connection: Certified Edition

Course overview

The Home Care Association of Florida (HCAF) invites you to join fellow home health providers on Thursday, May 21 for our Home Care Connection: Certified Edition Spring 2020 event. In light of the COVID-19 public health emergency, we have consolidated our regional, in-person events into one statewide webinar event. During the two-hour presentation, Simione Healthcare Consultants' Julia Maroney and Rob Simione will examine recent transformational policy changes and their impact on home health providers, as well as review strategies for 'getting back to normal' once the COVID-19 pandemic subsides. Topics to be discussed include, among others: - The federal CARES Act, Medicare provider relief funding, and what you need to know about tracking your expenses; - Public health emergency considerations now and going forward to better protect the safety of your staff and patients (e.g., access to personal protective equipment, fostering social distancing in the workplace, etc.); - What the new Medicare provider waivers mean for home health, notably non-physician practitioner certifying eligibility for home health services, and changes to homebound status and the face-to-face encounter requirement; - The increasing importance of telehealth as a care delivery system; and, - Assessing the first five months of Medicare's Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM). Following this information-packed presentation, HCAF's Bobby Lolley and Kyle Simon will provide a brief update on the 2020 Florida Legislative Session, regulatory developments, and other issues that impact your business.