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Two New PPS Impact™ Dashboards Released!
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OCS announces the delivery of the two new
PPS Impact™
Dashboards
- Primary
Diagnoses and Domain Analysis!
This set of comparative
dashboards, released just days after the
proposed Home Health PPS rule changes were
announced, provides home care agencies ongoing
quarterly detailed reports regarding therapy utilization,
patient diagnoses, and domain distribution.
If you are an OCS Client, log into Home Health Connection today to
access your PPS
Impact™ Dashboards report.
If you are not an OCS Client, send an email to info@ocsys.com
to find out how your agency can receive your copy of
the PPS Impact™
Dashboards.
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On The Road with OCS
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If you have made plans to attend the Pennsylvania Homecare
Association's Annual Conference being
held at Sheraton Station Square, Pittsburgh on
May 30-June 1, 2007 ,
make sure to stop by OCS
booth #14 to say "Hi!" and to find out more
about OCS products and services, as well as to enter
your name in a Starbucks gift card
drawing!
Click here to
download your copy of OCS' News at PHA!
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PPS Impact™ Web Conferences
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As you are aware, CMS released the proposed
Home Health
PPS refinement rule on Friday, April 27th. The
preliminary review of these draft payment changes
indicate the new system will be challenging and have
potential wide - ranging implications.
In an effort to help you fully understand and assess
the impact of the proposed rule on your agency, we
have created a series of web conferences to help you
understand the details of the changes and to help you
learn how you can thrive in the new payment system.
The first in the series of web conferences, The Proposed PPS Rule and What it
Means to Your Agency, will take place on
May 24th at
10am PDT/1pm
EDT. This session will review the details of
the proposed rule and review comparative examples
on how reimbursement will change for different
agencies.
The Proposed PPS Rule
and
What it Means to Your Agency
Thursday, May
24th
10 am PDT/1 pm
EDT
Enroll Now!
The second web conference in the series, The Proposed PPS Rule and
Strategies for Agency Success, will be on
Tuesday, May
29th and
Wednesday June 6,
2007 at 10am
PDT/1pm EDT.
This session will cover more details of how the
proposed rule will impact agencies looking at therapy,
diagnosis and other factors. Then, the session will
discuss strategies for agencies covering operational,
clinical and financial success.
The Proposed PPS Rule
and
Strategies for Agency
Success
Tuesday, May
29th
10am PDT/1pm
EDT
Enroll Now!
The Proposed PPS Rule
and
Strategies for Agency
Success
Wednesday, June
6th
10am PDT/1pm
EDT
Enroll Now!
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Grant Opportunities!
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Marry your clinical insight and OCS data for a powerful application.
The New York State
Healthcare Foundation
Special Opportunity
Grant
Funds non-profit 501(c)3 organizations with a
significant presence in NY state that strive to
- Expand health insurance coverage
- Increase access to high quality healthcare for
underserved people
- Improve public and community health through
health education
Two submission deadlines - 6/15/2007 and
8/31/2007
Grant request can range from $10,000 to 1 million
dollars (expect most to be ~$100,000)
CVS Caremark Charitable
Trust
RFP Announcement
Funds non-profit 501(c)3 organizations with health
programs serving children with disabilities that
address
- Accessibility
- Awareness
- Early Intervention
- Health and Rehabilitative Services
Submission deadline 6/15/2007
The California
Endowment
Unsolicited Grant Opportunities
Funds non-profit 501(c)3 organizations with projects
or capacity building efforts that benefit Californians by
- Increasing access to healthcare
- Providing culturally competent healthcare
- Eliminating health disparities
No submission deadline.
Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation
Jobs to Careers Grant
Promotes Work-Based Learning for Quality Care
- Funds public entities or nonprofit 501(c)(3)
organizations that partner to reward skill and career
development of currently employed healthcare
workers. At least one partner must be an educational
institution (e.g., a community college) that provides
academic credit or industry credentials
- Up to eight grants will be awarded
- Applicants may apply for grants of up to $437,750
over three years
- June 12, 2007 (3 p.m. ET) - deadline for brief
proposals
- July 19, 2007 - Applicants notified if invited to
submit full proposal
- August 30, 2007 (3 p.m. ET) - deadline for full
proposal
- January 15, 2008 - start of grants
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Upcoming OCS Informational Product Web Conferences
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These informative OCS
Product Web Conferences also touch on
current issues, topics and trends in the Home Health,
Hospice and Private Duty industries.
Financial Management
Dashboards
Tuesday, May
22nd
10 am PDT/1 pm
EDT
Enroll Now!
EPIC - Automate Your PI
Efforts
Wednesday, May
23rd
10 am PDT/1 pm
EDT
Enroll Now!
Are you Ready for QAPI?
Wednesday, May 30th
10 am PDT/1 pm
EDT
Enroll Now!
OASIS Reports and
Graphs
Thursday, May
31st
10 am PDT/1 pm
EDT
Enroll Now!
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Tips & Tricks
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Have something to say about the proposed PPS
changes?
Click here for
information on how to submit your comments!
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