December 8, 2010; 11:00-12:30; Cost $225
This seminar is a must attend program for any nurse working in healthcare today. It will discuss the importance of documentation to avoid allegations of malpractice, substandard care, and denial of reimbursement. Good concise documentation is the key to preventing claims of fraud and abuse. This program will help improve documentation skills and discuss legal issues in documentation, and Joint Commission and CMS issues related to documentation requirements. It will provide over 40 recommendations to improve documentation, cover key problematic Joint Commission and CMS CoP requirements, and help identify issues that need to be documented in order to be reimbursed by CMS and to avoid allegation of fraud and abuse and improper documentation by the RACs. Register by December 6. For more information and to register, click here.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
New Funding Opportunities
Rural Emergency Responders Initiative
The Rural Development, through its community facilities program, provides funding for the Rural Emergency Responders Initiative to specifically strengthen the ability of rural communities to respond to local emergencies. The community facilities program funds are used to support rural emergency responder efforts by financing needed equipment and services. For more information, click here.
Respite Care Funding
The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America is offering grants to help alleviate the cost of respite care for families caring for loved ones with Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia. Funds may be used for in-home care, adult day programs or other types of respite. For more information, click here.
Susan G. Komen for the Cure Community-Based Grants
Funding for breast cancer education, screening and treatment projects. Applications accepted on an ongoing basis. For more information click here.
The Rural Development, through its community facilities program, provides funding for the Rural Emergency Responders Initiative to specifically strengthen the ability of rural communities to respond to local emergencies. The community facilities program funds are used to support rural emergency responder efforts by financing needed equipment and services. For more information, click here.
Respite Care Funding
The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America is offering grants to help alleviate the cost of respite care for families caring for loved ones with Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia. Funds may be used for in-home care, adult day programs or other types of respite. For more information, click here.
Susan G. Komen for the Cure Community-Based Grants
Funding for breast cancer education, screening and treatment projects. Applications accepted on an ongoing basis. For more information click here.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Integrated Dual Disorders Treatment – Product Showcase Webinar
December 8, 2010; 1:00MST
Increase your organization’s capacity to treat dual mental health disorders with the Integrated Dual Disorders Treatment (IDDT) program developed by the Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center. IDDT helps clinicians provide comprehensive interventions for people with dual disorders — schizophrenia, schizo-affective disorder, major depression, bipolar disorder — who need long-term, intensive care. This National Council LIVE webinar, presented in partnership with Hazelden, looks at the challenges in treating persons with dual disorders. You’ll leave the webinar with resources to implement IDDT in your organization. For more information and to register, click here.
Increase your organization’s capacity to treat dual mental health disorders with the Integrated Dual Disorders Treatment (IDDT) program developed by the Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center. IDDT helps clinicians provide comprehensive interventions for people with dual disorders — schizophrenia, schizo-affective disorder, major depression, bipolar disorder — who need long-term, intensive care. This National Council LIVE webinar, presented in partnership with Hazelden, looks at the challenges in treating persons with dual disorders. You’ll leave the webinar with resources to implement IDDT in your organization. For more information and to register, click here.
CMS Final Notice: Approval of Det Norske Veritas Healthcare for Deeming Authority for CAHs
CMS released the final notice announcing the decision to approve Det Norske Veritas Healthcare (DNVHC) for recognition as a national accreditation program for CAHs seeking to participate in the Medicare or Medicaid programs. To access the final notice, click here.
Quality Health Indicators (QHi) Benchmarking Tool - Back to Basics Webinar
December 9, 2010; 1-2pm MST
The next QHi Back to Basics webinar will take place on December 9. After providing a brief summary of the project, QHi will open the live site to demonstrate new functionality and walk through the basics from selecting measures, entering data and running reports. QHi is available to all Colorado CAHs at no charge. For more information, contact jd@coruralhealth.org.
The next QHi Back to Basics webinar will take place on December 9. After providing a brief summary of the project, QHi will open the live site to demonstrate new functionality and walk through the basics from selecting measures, entering data and running reports. QHi is available to all Colorado CAHs at no charge. For more information, contact jd@coruralhealth.org.
Friday, November 26, 2010
TrailBlazer Updates
TrailBlazer has updated a number of their RHC job aides including: RHC Vaccines, RHC UB-04 Billing Examples, RHC Reimbursement Calculations, and the RHC Manual. To access the job aids, click here; to access the updated manual, click here.
The November edition of TrailBlazer’s eBulletin is also available. The eBulletin contains recent updates and notices. To access the eBulletin, click here.
The November edition of TrailBlazer’s eBulletin is also available. The eBulletin contains recent updates and notices. To access the eBulletin, click here.
Thursday, November 25, 2010
CAH Capacity Building Award – Applications Due November 30!
CRHC's CAH Capacity Building Award offers each Critical Access Hospital funds every year for capacity-building activities. The guidelines and application for the 2010 Capacity Building Award are now available on CRHC’s website by clicking here. The application deadline is November 30, 2010.
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