If you are attending the NAHC Policy Conference, in Washington, D.C., April 22-25, you must plan on hearing OCS President Amanda Twiss present on "Managed Care and the Chronic Care Population - Trends and Issues". Amanda will be speaking on Monday, April 23, from 11:30am-1:00pm, to present the results of extensive analysis of managed care entities and chronic care populations-including study of care costs, outcomes, hospitalizations, and the impact of risk adjustment on these findings.

We will also be exhibiting at booth #113, so please stop by to meet our team and get the latest news on Executive Dashboards, the HomeCare Elite and some of our new products!

Click here to learn more about what will be happening at the show.

Mark your calendars and invite your staff to attend! These informative web conferences are on current issues, topics and trends in the Home Health, Hospice and Private Duty industries. And there is never a charge!

Disease Management Information at a Glance
Tuesday, April 17th
10 am PDT/1 pm EDT
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Attend this web conference to learn how this new Disease Management Dashboard Report will help you evaluate your existing disease management program or develop a standardized approach to the care of important patient groups.

Home Health Connection
Tuesday, April 24th
10 am PDT/1 pm EDT
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Attend this web conference to learn how Connection can be your key to understanding, building and maintaining a successful organization from the inside out.

Connection empowers providers with vital insights and metrics that highlight the clinical, financial, and operational health of their agency. And there is no software to install or maintain!

Exploring Patient Satisfaction
Thursday, April 26th
10 am PDT/1 pm EDT
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Attend this web conference to learn how OCS' comprehensive patient satisfaction program uses a systematic approach to capturing and evaluating patient perception as a key indicator of overall performance.

OCS' Patient Satisfaction reports deliver hard data in the context of benchmarking, not subjective information, to help agencies make better, more informed decisions.

Go to our web site to check out the updated Informational Web Conference Schedule for May and June!

OCS' Amanda Twiss, Christine Lang and Troy Pladson make the case, in this just released white paper, that home health is a market that should make managed care organizations (MCOs) stop and take notice.

"As an industry that delivers care to the growing Medicare population, home health presents a viable avenue by which MCOs can mitigate risk (in terms of cost) associated with patients with chronic conditions and achieve tangible financial results. In particular, proper management within the homecare setting can demonstrably reduce hospital admissions and instances of emergent care-two of the healthcare systems' most expensive outcomes."

Click here to download and read the complete white paper.

If you have any questions, or would like to share your comments, please send an email to info@ocsys.com or call us at 888.325.3396.

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