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June 25, 2007
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OCS and Misys Healthcare Systems Announce Partnership
 

OCS and Misys, a market leader in healthcare IT, announce a strategic alliance to help home care agencies optimize patient care while reducing hospital readmissions and overall healthcare costs associated with chronic disease. Together, OCS and Misys will integrate powerful online performance measurement systems, analytic software and predictive modeling reporting tools that will be delivered as part of the Misys Homecare™ software solution.

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Industry Leaders at the OCS Summit
 
Demonstrating the Value of Home Care and Hospice

You won't want to miss any of the dynamic presenters that will be leading specific discussions on the importance of demonstrating value and driving change in the home care and hospice industry at this year's OCS Summit!

The Summit will be led by nationally recognized leaders such as Terris King, the CMS executive responsible for the implementation of Pay for Performance across health care. Mr. King will present Demonstrating Value in an Evolving Payment Environment, in which he will describe the evolving CMS vision and openly discuss how trends such as home health PPS, Pay-for- Performance, quality-based purchasing, post-acute setting selection, longitudinal outcomes, and long- term financial implications of today's care choices that are influencing the payment structure today, as well as the plans for tomorrow.

Be sure to join Terris King and other distinguished speakers who have been successful in driving positive change for the home care and hospice industry.

The OCS Summit will be taking place one day prior to the NAHC Annual Meeting on Saturday, October 6, 2007 in sunny Denver, Colorado.

To take advantage of the Early Bird Savings, register now for the OCS Summit. Early bird rates expire on August 15, 2007. For more information on the OCS Summit please visit our OCS Summit web page.

If you have any questions regarding the OCS Summit, please send an email to Crystal Schaeffer or call her at 206.325.3396.


OCS PPS Impact™ Web Conferences!
 

OCS has created a series of OCS PPS Impact™ Web Conferences in an effort to help you fully understand and assess the impact the proposed Home Health PPS refinement rule will have on your agency, and to help you learn how you can thrive in the new payment system.

Due to demand, OCS has scheduled repeats of previous OCS PPS Impact™ Web Conferences, updated with new information.

The Proposed PPS Rule and
Strategies for Agency Success

Wednesday, June 27th
10am PDT/1pm EDT
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Tools for PPS Success
Thursday, June 28th
10am PDT/1pm EDT
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The Proposed PPS Rule and
What It Means to Your Agency

Thursday, July 12th
10am PDT/1pm EDT
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Tools for PPS Success
Tuesday, July 24th
10am PDT/1pm EDT
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Space is limited in these web conferences, offered at no charge, so be sure to enroll today.

PLEASE NOTE- Dialing and WebEx instructions, including a link to the handouts, will be delivered to your email inbox on the morning of the web conference.


Upcoming OCS Informational Product Web Conferences
 

These informative OCS Product Web Conferences also touch on current issues, topics and trends in the Home Health, Hospice and Private Duty industries. Sign up today!

Disease Management Dashboards
Tuesday, June 26st
10am PDT/1pm EDT
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Connection
Tuesday, July 10th
10am PDT/1pm EDT
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PatientView
Tuesday, July 17th
10am PDT/1pm EDT
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Dialing and WebEx instructions, including a link to the handouts, will be delivered to your email inbox on the morning of the day of the web conference you have enrolled in.


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