Home Health: A Specialty of Its Own - Live Webinar

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Format(s):   Live Webinar
Discipline(s):   Physical Therapy / Occupational Therapy
Contact Hours:   20
Registration Fee:   $445.00

Objectives

Analyze recommended evidence based test and measurements based on home health impairment categories and integrate into home health practice. Identify appropriate tests and measurements to incorporate efficient and accurate Oasis assessment to adhere to guidelines and definitions. Execute recommended interventions based on the patient’s impairment categories, tests and measurements and centered around the patient specific goals and incorporate into home health practice. Create and design innovative treatment plans based on patient goals, impairment categories and consideration for special population integrating with current skills. Identify and understand importance of medication management, side effects, and impact on treatment and effectiveness of plan. Analyze barriers to compliance and formulate how to motivate and impact patient compliance to sustain goals and gains. Incorporate take home tools that you can immediately utilize in your home health practice to justify home bound status and functional progress for better outcomes. Identify and analyze changes to regulatory and reimbursement models and how they impact home health today and tomorrow

Target Audience

Physical Therapist, Physical Therapist Assistant, Occupational Therapist, Occupational Therapist Assistant

Confirmation Notes

Agenda

Day 1 8:00-8:30 – Introduction to Home Health 8:30-10:00 – Assessment Models and Principles of Tests & Measurements. Tools & Functional Outcome Measures for Home Health 10:00-10:15 – Break 10:15-11:00 – Continue Assessment Tools and Functional Outcome Measures 11:00-11:30 – Review and perform: TUG, 30 sec Sit to Stand, 2 min Step Test, Arm Curl Test, SLUMS & mFES; DGI, 10’ and 4 M walk test. 11:30-11:45 – Presentation & Review Functional Test Score Sheet for Physical Therapist and assistance 11:45-12:00 – Presentation Function Toolbox Test Score Sheet for Occupational Therapist and assistance 12:00-1:00 – Working Lunch with assignment to Design a functional activity that can be timed 1:00-2:00 – Other Tests & Measures: 4 Square Step Test, Modified CTSIB, Single Leg Heel Raise, Short Physical Perform Battery, Functional Reach 2:00-2:30 – Introduction to Community Based Initiatives and Evidence Based Programs for Fall Prevention for Older Adults. 2:30-3:15 – Fall Risk Assessment and Hospital Risk Assess in Home Health 3:15-3:30 – Break 3:30-4:30 – Geriatric Syndromes, Medications and Treatment Considerations 4:30-5:15 – Home Bound, Face to Face, Skilled Care Documentations & Guidelines 5:00-6:00 – Home Safety Considerations 6:00-6:30 – Questions and Answers Day 2 8:00-10:00 – Payment Models, Intro to Oasis E; Home Health Compare & Star Ratings – How we are graded; How well do you know Oasis? Dissecting the functional questions Paint the Picture & Guidelines for Goal Writing; Aging Adults and Fitness; Skilled Maintenance Care 10:00-10:15 – Break 10:15-12:00 – Treatment Interventions: The Right Prescription Based on the 6 Categories of Exercise 12:00-1:00 – Working Lunch with Assignment to Design a Community Based Fall Risk Screen 1:00-1:30 – Continued Treatment Interventions the Right Prescription Based on the 6 Categories of Exercise 2:15-3:15 – Evidence Based Interventions for Other Populations: Cardiopulmonary, Stroke and Parkinson’s 3:15-3:30 – Break 3:30-5:00 – Evidence Based Interventions for Other Populations: Orthopedics, Osteoarthritis, Osteoporosis, Cancer, Diabetes & Dementia 5:00-6:00 – Compliance & the Art of Sustaining Goals 6:00-6:30 – Questions and Answers

Description

This course will discuss the ever changing regulatory and reimbursement models, home bound requirements and documentation, face to face requirements and training for improving your understanding of Medicare’s definitions and accuracy with oasis documentation. Course handout includes over 350 pages with tests & tools to improve the home health clinician’s skills, documentation, and functional outcome measurements. The course will include case studies, and numerous opportunities to review, observe the tests being done on patients and then participate in performing self-testing with instructions from the presenter. A Bonus for Physical Therapist and assistants and Occupational Therapist and assistants: The Functional Test Score Summary Table– 4 page concise, easy to use summary of all the specific tests and measures learned, with age and gender norms, fall risk indicators, mortality and hospital risk indicators. The Functional Toolbox Test Score Summary Table – 2 page summary with handouts, easy to use summary of specific tests for OT’s including norms for age and gender, specific measurements, fall risk and hospital risk indicators. Both are designed for the clinician to be able to take home and immediately put into use during assessment, screening, goal writing and to use in their day to day practice for assessing outcome measures and progress towards goals.