Patient Care Technologies, Inc. (PtCT), a leading provider of integrated home care, hospice, telehealth, and private duty software, announced its selection of OCS as its benchmarking solutions partner for current PtCT Benchmarking clients.

PtCT selected OCS because it provides the most comprehensive data- driven solutions and is the choice of the industry.

Through this partnership, those PtCT Benchmarking clients that transition to OCS will receive data services, benchmark reporting and client support.

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How do you demonstrate the value of your agency day- to-day? Do you feel the need to demonstrate the value of your operations to clients, coworkers, upper management, board of directors, or financial investors?

The 2007 OCS Summit is designed specifically to help you formulate plans so that you will be able to confidently demonstrate your value to any audience in an effective and simple manner. Conveniently held one day prior to the NAHC Annual Meeting in Denver, you must make plans to attend!

OCS presentations will highlight information you can use to assist your agency in demonstrating its value. Our collective sessions will leverage the experience of thought leaders across multiple disciplines in our industry, in addition to collaborating with your peers in discussions facilitated by these leaders, on how they continuously demonstrate the worth of their organizations. Here is a list of just a few of the dynamic presentations.

Perspectives on Demonstrating Value in the Home Health & Hospice Settings Panel Discussion which includes Susan Quinn Ed.D, RN, MBA, VP Clinical Services, Maxim Home Health Resources

Demonstrating Value in an Evolving Payment Environment Presented by Terris King, Deputy Director, Office of Clinical Standards and Quality,Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Dept. of Health and Human Services

Demonstrating Value through Patient Satisfaction Presented by Celeste Twardon, RN, BS, MS, MBA, Home Nursing Agency Vice President, Quality and Customer Service and Lisa Cone- Swartz,Vice President of Medical Practice & Home Health for Press Ganey

Demonstrating Value in a Managed Care Environment

Demonstrating the Value of Open Access Hospice Care Facilitated by Christy Whitney, President and CEO of Hospice and Palliative Care of Western Colorado

Demonstrating the Value of Integrated Home Health and Hospice Care Delivery

Space is limited! You will not want to miss the most innovative, one-day intensive focusing on how to continuously deliver and improve on the value of home health and hospice. Early bird rates expire on August 15, 2007. Register today!

Be sure to check out our new Summit website.

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

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.

Tools for PPS Success
Tuesday, July 24th
10am PDT/1pm EDT
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The Proposed PPS Rule and
Strategies for Agency Success
Tuesday, August 7th
10am PDT/1pm EDT
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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.

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!

Oasis Reports & Graphs
Thursday, July 26th
10am PDT/1pm EDT
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Are You Ready for QAPI ?
Tuesday, July 31st
10am PDT/1pm EDT
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Disease Management
Thursday, August 2nd
10am PDT/1pm EDT
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Financial Management
Info At-A-Glance
Thursday, August 9th
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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