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Procura LLC Joins the Hospice Leaders Project
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OCS is pleased to announce that Procura LLC, has
joined The Hospice Leaders
Project . Procura joins other top industry
and technology leaders in this group that supports
and draws input from multiple national efforts to
formalize hospice quality management, leveraging the
vast experience of participating organizations and their
thousands of hospice clients.
To learn more, please download the
full press release here.
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CMS Visit Reporting Guide: Compliments of the Hospice Leader's Project
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The pending CMS visit reporting requirement has
caused significant confusion among hospice
agencies. Even though the implementation of this
mandatory requirement has been delayed a bit, you
should start preparing today.
To help your agency better understand the new data
submission regulations, you may download the
CMS Visit Reporting Guide with our
compliments. This guide was created by members of
The Hospice Leaders Project; a collaboration of the
industry's leading information and technology
companies focused on expediting the adoption of
meaningful performance comparisons.
Download your complimentary CMS Visit Reporting Guide
here .
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Win a Wide-Screen Gateway LCD and get the big picture with OCS-Gateway!
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Due to the upcoming Home Health Prospective
Payment System (PPS) changes, OCS is releasing
updated OCS-Gateway software.
This is a mandatory compliance upgrade; all OCS
clients using OCS-OASIS Data Entry to enter OASIS
assessments must fully implement the 3.7 version
no later than December
26th to be compliant with the CMS
regulation changes.
This updated version will ensure that your agency's
case weights are calculated accurately with the new
PPS Grouper logic. If you are not installed by the
deadline, your Medicare reimbursement will likely be
affected.
Fully implement the
upgrade by Thursday, December 20th and you will be
entered into a drawing to win a wide screen monitor
with which to view your OCS reports!
Please watch your inbox for an email from client
services this week with upgrade implementation
options.
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Turning Challenge into Opportunity: What Home Care Needs to Know About Medicare Advantage
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The growth of Medicare Advantage as a payment
source for an increasing percentage of the Medicare
population has resulted in a myriad of challenges for
the home health industry. Amanda Twiss, OCS
President, and Tina Schwein, OCS Senior
Data Consultant, have coauthored a white
paper reviewing the challenges faced by the industry,
trends among Medicare Advantage Patient Population
in home health and the tools needed to demonstrate
the value of home care to Managed Care Plans.
Download the full article
here.
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OCS On The Road
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OCS at CAHC
If you'll be attending the Connecticut Association for Home Care's 37th Annual Meeting at the Aqua Turf Club in Plantsville, Connecticut we look forward to seeing you!
Stop by the OCS booth and find out about CAHC's
partnership with OCS to provide the PPS Impact
Snapshot and Dashboard reports to CAHC members.
For more information on the Connecticut Association
for Home Care Meeting, please download our News At CAHC
here.
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December Web Conferences
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Reduce Hospitalization and Emergent Care with
PatientView™!
Attend this web conference to learn how
PatientView™, our new automated high-risk
patient assessment service, predicts the risk of a
patient experiencing acute care hospitalizations or
emergent care during service. PatientView can help
your agency reduce hospitalization and emergent
care.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
10 am PST/1 pm EST
Sign up today!
Are You Ready For The QAPI CoP And To Excel As
An NHPCO Quality Partner?
Attend this web conference to learn how the OCS
Hospice PeerForum - the leading hospice
performance management program - combines the
wealth of information from our Annual and Quarterly
Benchmark reports with interpretation guidance,
educational programming, facilitated peer networking
and other valuable services that will help you prepare
for the QAPI CoP and excel as an NHPCO Quality
Partner.
Thursday, December 6, 2007
10 am PST/1 pm EST
Sign up today!
Practical Solutions to PPS Refinement
You are aware of the PPS rule changes that will go
into effect January 1, 2008, but do you feel confident
that your agency is ready? AseraCare, The Corridor
Group (TCG) and OCS, Inc. invite you to join us for,
Practical Solutions to PPS Refinement, to learn about
how your agency can prepare for the changes. OCS
will share data analysis and recommendations of
actions agencies can take to understand and address
the changes. Listen to first-hand experience and
practical solutions of how AseraCare applied this
data, along with consultation from TCG, to adjust their
internal operations and conduct due diligence for
acquisitions.
Thursday, December 13, 2007
11 am PST/2 pm EST
Sign up today!
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Tips & Tricks
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Does your agency use OCS-OASIS Data Entry?
All OCS clients using OCS-OASIS Data Entry
to enter OASIS assessments must fully implement the
3.7 version no later than December 26th to be compliant with the
CMS regulation changes. If you have any questions
regarding this please contact our client services
department at 866.641.8324 or email tech@ocsys.com.
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With the industry's most comprehensive data
warehouse of integrated performance measures,
OCS
Clients consistently rank in the top one-third of all
providers nationally.
To find out why, contact us at info@ocsys.com or log on to
our web site
at
www.ocsys.com.
Until next time,
OCS, Inc.
Leading Healthcare Insight
Phone:
206.325.3396
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