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March 19, 2007
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OCS Is The Solution For QAPI!
 
Do you have the proper quality systems in place to meet the change in the Medicare CoP, including QAPI?

Let OCS provide the solutions to your QAPI dilemma!

Are you looking for definitive information about QAPI?

Martha Tecca, MBA, OCS Senior Director of Hospice and PeerForum, along with Melanie Merriman, PhD, MBA, Founder of Touchstone Consulting and Heather P. Wilson, PhD, President of Weatherbee Resources, Inc., have co-authored an OCS White Paper on QAPI - A New Way to Manage Hospice Quality. Download a copy today to get a deeper understanding of QAPI.

Need a quick, easy way to monitor your QAPI efforts?

QAPI Snapshot is here!

A powerful new dashboard for hospice, QAPI Snapshot offers a quick and powerful report from which to analyze and track the most critical indicators of quality and performance covering both clinical and non-clinical measures.

Want to learn more about QAPI Snapshot, and other hospice information services?

Sign up to attend our upcoming informational web conference on March 21.

If you have any questions, send an email to info@ocsys.com or call us at 888.325.3396.


Come Say Hello To Us In Illinois!
 

The 2007 IHCC Annual Conference & Exposition will take place March 28-30, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Roseville, IL and OCS is going to be there!

Melinda Moore, RN, BSN, OCS Director of Strategy and Planning, will be presenting at the conference on "The Benefits of Predictive Modeling and Patient Risk Stratification Analysis." This educational session will help attendees understand how predictive modeling can positively impact clinical and financial outcomes and assist in managing P4P efforts.

If you are located in Illinois and will be attending the event, we encourage you to attend Melinda's presentation, or stop by our OCS Booth #14 to say hello to Joyce Brekke.

To learn more about this event, please check out our "News at IHCC."

OCS will be speaking at many other conferences this year. Be sure to keep an eye out for when we might be near you!


Is Your Agency Eligible for a Bonus?
 
Want to find out?

OCS has applied the proposed CMS methodology for the Pay-for- Performance demonstration project, and applied the calculation to December CMS data.

Any agency, whether an OCS client or not, now has the ability to view how their specific agency would look if the P4P program were implemented today. If you have not checked it out already, OCS Clients can immediately access their specific report via their OCS Connection account.

If you are not an OCS client, you may request your agency's specific report by downloading the report request form!

If you have questions, send an email to info@ocsys.com or call us at 888.325.3396.


Tips & Tricks! -What Is QAPI?
 

Have you been wondering "Just what is QAPI ? What is involved, what do I need to know and most importantly, what do I have to do?"

Wonder no more! Download this short, handy guide to QAPI.



With the industry's most comprehensive data warehouse of integrated performance measures, OCS Clients consistently rank in the top one-third of all providers nationally.

To find out why, contact us at info@ocsys.com or log on to our web site at www.ocsys.com .

Until next week,


OCS, Inc.
Leading Healthcare Insight

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