Make plans to attend the presentation to be given by Amanda Twiss, President and CEO, OCS, Inc., scheduled for Tuesday October 9, 2007 from 2:00 - 3:30 pm titled The New Medicare Home Health Prospective Payment System: Management and Operations Challenges.

The management and staff of home health agencies will once again be called on to prove their value as the new Medicare Home Health Prospective Payment System (HHPPS) moves toward its effective implementation date of January 1, 2008. Amanda will speak about how management will be called on to coordinate all aspects of strategic planning and will include recommendations on how to achieve success in that effort.

Stop by Booth 1706 to learn more about PPS Impact™ and all the products OCS has to help you.

The new PPS Rules and changes are far more substantive than many industry insiders anticipated. Every agency will need to know the financial impact, develop an implementation plan and start to re-tool their operations.

This newly-added morning session, PPS - A Perspective on the Data will cover the structure and the impact of the new PPS rules and how your agency can cope with these recent changes.

Walk away with a new understanding of not only what the new PPS model is, but how different types of organizations might fare under the new model.

Get the inside story from Amanda Twiss, OCS President and Bill Simione, Jr., Managing Principal of Simione Consultants and Chairman of NAHC's Financial Manager's Association, of how specific patient diagnoses, conditions, and risk factors will affect your agency's reimbursement. Mr. Simione will also discuss critical strategies for success, and review the tools and services that you have available to help work through these changes.

This workshop is offered free of charge to all OCS Summit attendees, so take advantage of this opportunity and be sure to Register Today!

Direct any Summit related questions via email to Crystal Schaeffer or call her at 206.325.3396.

We hope to see you there!

OCS and Universal Healthcare Services Associates (UHSA) have joined to bring you Data Driven Decision Making with PPS Reform, a web seminar offering one contact hour towards CEU credit.

You've read the emails, listened to the teleconferences, and are now trying to digest the specifics of the proposed PPS reform. It's time for a common sense approach to understanding how the proposed changes will impact your agency and what steps you can take to prepare.

This teleconference is not just another explanation of the proposed rules. This session will provide a realistic framework for managing the data needed to achieve and sustain organizational success in this fluid environment.

Participants will walk away from this web seminar with the ability to explain the elements of data-driven decision making, efficiently analyze and evaluate the data, and understand how those data elements can be employed to optimize your agency's business strategy.

We are offering this special web seminar on both September 13th and September 25th. Please select which date works best for you and register by clicking the link below. Hurry because space is limited!

Data Driven Decision Making with PPS Reform
Thursday, September 13th
10am PDT/1pm EDT
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Data Driven Decision Making with PPS Reform
Tuesday, September 25th
10am PDT/1pm EDT
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Darcey Trescone, Procura's Director of US Operations and Melinda Moore, OCS' Director of Strategy and Planning will be providing educational sessions introducing Procura and the PPS Impact™ offerings.

These events will explore the reports, dashboards, and modeling tools available through PPS Impact™ along with a brief introduction to Procura. These seminars are complimentary and open to anyone in your organization. Space is limited so register now! Choose a date and register below.

Friday, September 14th
10am PDT/1pm EDT
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Thursday, September 27th
10am PDT/1pm EDT
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Enroll today in one or more of these informative OCS Product Web Conferences and invite your staff to attend.

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!

If you are looking for product training, please check out our Client Training Calendar.

PatientView
Tuesday, September 18th
10am PDT/1pm EDT
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Home Health Connection
Thursday, September 20th
10am PDT/1pm EDT
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QAPI Snapshot
Thursday, September 27th
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.

There are significant changes in the 2008 PPS rule that you need to fully understand. Your agency's reimbursement may change up to 20%!

Gain an understanding of the rule changes and how they will impact your agency by attending one of our complimentary web conferences.

Tuesday, September 11th
10am PDT/1pm EDT
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Don't delay. Enroll now. Space is limited!

This is a live repeat of a web conference presented on Tuesday, September 4th.

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