The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have released the 2019 home health final rule. In its 682 pages, the final rule lays out numerous payment updates, case-mix refinements, and quality reporting changes that will affect home health agencies in 2019 and beyond. It also finalizes the implementation plan for the patient-driven groupings model (PDGM) — a dramatic change in the home health unit of payment from 60 days to 30 days for calendar year 2020. The 2019 final rule will require action from your agency. And you need to prepare for change now.

We’ve asked two of the best minds in post-acute health care to distill this complex compliance mandate into a 90-minute overview. Join executive management consultant Sharon S. Harderand home health clinical expert Jill Dyer, BSN, RN, HCS-D, HCS-O for a webinar that will help you understand the new payment rates and compliance initiatives that are coming in 2019.

Watch to learn:-

• How the new case-mix adjustment methodology affects your reimbursement in 2019
• What continued implementation of home health value-based purchasing model and the home health quality reporting programs
• How changes to the home infusion therapy benefit will affect home health
• How to wisely prepare for PDGM now

This webinar on the 2019 home health final rule will help your agency prepare for the changes ahead. It is essential information your agency needs now. Don’t miss it!

Speaker Bio:-

Sharon S. Harder

Sharon S. Harder has over three decades of executive management experience in the healthcare industry. She has served in financial and operational leadership roles in a variety of healthcare organizations ranging from a major healthcare professional association to large post-acute healthcare providers. As President of C3 Advisors, LLC, Sharon engages with clients to develop and implement the strategic vision required to improve their profitability and competitive position in the rapidly transforming health care marketplace.

Jill Dyer, BSN, RN, HCS-D, HCS-O

Jill Dyer, BSN, RN, HCS-D, HCS-O is a senior-level home health executive with more than 30 years of progressive management experience. An accomplished nurse, Jill has fulfilled a wide variety of roles that inform her expertise as an industry consultant, including home health administrator, home health director of nursing, and nurse consultant for home health. Jill is also certified as a Home Care Coding and OASIS Specialist. Through her clinical knowledge as a nurse and extensive management experience, Jill brings a comprehensive and well-rounded perspective to her work as a consultant and educator.