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2021
Nebraska Association for Home
Healthcare & Hospice
Industry Partner Virtual Expo
&
Virtual Annual Conference
January 20-21, 2021
Attendee Registration
Virtual Conference
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2021 Nebraska Association for Home Healthcare and
Hospice Virtual Networking Reception
January 20, 2021 from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. CST via Zoom
Building a relationship with your state senator and advocating on behalf of your clients is
increasingly important, as the healthcare environment continues to change, and the ability
to deliver home care and hospice services becomes increasingly challenging. Please join us
to discuss Medicaid home health reimbursement rates; personal care home care services
and requirements; the need for expanded use and reimbursement of telehealth services; the
Heritage Health Medicaid managed care program; and expansion of access of healthcare
services for our state’s citizens. A free webinar on Thursday, January 14, 2021 will be
held at 12:00 p.m. CST / 11:00 a.m. MST to help you prepare for the Virtual Networking
Reception with state senators. If you are unable to attend the live webinar, you can request
a recording. Please mark that option on the registration form.
Annual Conference Schedule
Home Health Track Hospice Track Private Duty Track
Thursday, January 14, 2021 - Legislative Day Preparation
12:00 p.m. CST / 11:00 LLegislative Day Preparation Live Webinar
a.m. MST
Wednesday, January 20, 2021 - Annual Conference
1:00 pm - 3:45 pm Pre-Conference Session Home Health Regulation, Operations, and Payment
Updates! presented by Annette Lee
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Industry Partner Expo (Live Chat with Exhibitors)
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Virtual Networking Reception with State Senators
Thursday, January 21, 2021 - Annual Conference
8:00 am - 8:05 am Welcome and Announcements
8:05 am - 10:05 am Case Managment Across the Care Continuum presented by Diane Link
10:05 am - 11:05 am Virtual Exhibit Hall (Live Chat with Exhibitors)
11:05 am - 12:05 pm Roundtable Breakouts on Current and Emerging Topics Impacting the Home
Care and Hospice Industry
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm BREAK
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm Annual Business Meeting and Awards Presentations
1:15 pm - 1:30 pm Prize Drawings
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Community Health: Key COVID-19 Considerations presented by Judy Riggert,
Amanda Holst and Kelly Mackling
1:30 pm - 2:45 pm Electronic Visit Verification Implementation Update and Q&A presented by
Nebraska DHHS Representatives Kathy Scheele and Karen Houseman; David
Centineo from Maxim Healthcare Services
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm BREAK
2:45 pm - 3:15 pm BREAK
3:00 pm - 4:15 pm Documentation Defensibility presented by Cindy Krafft and Dee Kornetti
3:00 pm - 4:15 pm Hospice Insights - presented by Katie Wehri from NAHC
3:15 pm - 4:45 pm Optimizing Caregiver Recruitment, Interview Strategies and Onboarding
presented by Nancy Allen
4:15 pm Evaluations/Q&A/Adjourn
Speakers
Annette Lee, RN, MS, HCS-D, Diane Link, RN, MHA from
COS-C from Provider Insights, Link Healthcare Advantage
Inc.DGM Diane Link is an RN with over 25 years
Annette is a registered nurse, with a of home health and hospice experience.
Master’s in Health Care Administration, Diane received her MHA from Mount
practicing since 1990, with the majority of St. Mary’s University and has a Green
her nursing experience in home health. For Belt in Lean Six Sigma. Her past roles
over a decade she worked with the CMS in home health and hospice include:
intermediary where she provided review of, and education field nurse, PI nurse, clinical manager,
on home health and hospice documentation. Annette then executive director of home health and hospice, accreditation
began providing outreach and provider education regarding surveyor and clinical director for a major consulting
Medicare reimbursement issues and effective documentation company. Diane is currently owner of her own consulting
strategies, assisting providers with ADRs and appeals. agency - Link Healthcare Advantage. She is author of The
Today she marries together her experience in the “real Hospice Guide to Quality Care and Reporting published by HC
world” and the inside knowledge of Medicare to ensure Pro and is known for her industry regulatory knowledge and
providers can meet the requirements of CMS, and ensure passionate presentation style.
compliant, efficient operations. She presents nationally
on the Conditions of Participation, (COPs), OASIS, PDGM, Case Management Across the Care Continuum
HIS, LCDs, and documentation and coverage for both the Identifying clear roles of the Home Health Case Manager
home health and hospice benefits. Annette holds both the and Hospice Case Manager is critical. In this session,
Certificate for OASIS Specialist-Clinical and the Home Care
we will discuss their roles including assessment, visit
Coding Specialist-Diagnosis certification. She is an AHIMA
approved ICD-10-CM Coding Trainer. schedules, IDT updates, coordination of care, discharge
planning, developing and updating the care plan, critical
thinking and troubleshooting. We will discuss assessing
Home Health Regulation, Operations, and Payment caregiver knowledge and willingness to participate in
Updates plan of care, education and communication for caregivers,
Join us for this session packed with tips and information and preparing for a case conference.
to support your compliance with the Patient Driven
Groupings Model (PDGM), Request for Anticipated
Payment (RAP), Home Health Conditions of Participation Roundtable Breakouts on Current and Emerging
(COPs), and avoiding denials for home health and hospice Topics Impacting the Home Care and Hospice
claims. Review the trends seen in care planning, data, and Industry
financials in the first year of PDGM. The regulations that Bring your questions, ideas and information that you
mandate what must be completed by the clinician prior to would like to share during these virtual networking
Request for Anticipated Payment (RAP) submission has sessions via Zoom. Discussion questions include:
changed, but how has this changed your operations? Let’s • What is one change, innovation or new idea that
review some helpful hints to make sure you are making you’ve implemented in the past year that might
the cut each time to avoid payment penalties. Review the benefit fellow home care and hospice professionals in
COPs vs. the Conditions for Payment. caring for and serving patients?
Discuss the changes in the COPs due to the 1135 waivers • What is the biggest challenge or opportunity that you
and the COP survey protocols. Review the top 10 citations are facing and how might the Nebraska Association
for 2019 and discuss what compliance looks like for each for Home Healthcare and Hospice best support
of these areas. We will review the changes in medical you as you advocate and address that challenge or
review due to the Public Health Emergency (PHE) and opportunity?
the 1135 waivers. We also discuss the issues that CGS is
reviewing for home health and hospice claims, the top • How are you using telehealth and what have been the
5 denials in 2019 and strategies on how to avoid these successes?
denials. • Are you familiar with how state legislation impacts
your patients and agency or company? What issues
would you like to know more about?
Speakers
Judy Riggert, MS, RN Kelly Mackling, RN, BSN
from the Visiting Nurse from the Visiting Nurse
AssociationDGM AssociationDGM
Judy Riggert has served as Kelly Mackling is Clinical Manager
Infection Preventionist for VNA of Physician Ordered Maternal Child
of the Midlands since 2011 under Homecare at the Visiting Nurse
the direction of the University Association. Kelly has worked at the
of Nebraska Medical Center, Visiting Nurse Association for 20
College of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine, and years. She started as a Nurse Case
Infectious Disease Medical Directors. Her clinical expertise Manager making home visits with new moms and babies,
includes greater than 25 years of surgical and medical and over the years, transferred into a management position.
intensive care, orthopedic & spine and rehabilitation Kelly has a passion for working with young, vulnerable
management and more than 11 years of home care and families, assuring they have the support and medical care
hospice services. they need to raise healthy children.
Community Health: Key COVID-19 Considerations
Judy has completed the Infection Prevention Course for
Healthcare Providers by the Nebraska University Medical Do your agency or organization’s infection control and
Center and Clarkson College and the Primary Infection prevention practices need changes or enhancements?
Prevention Course: Long-Term Care Track as well as the Come to this session prepared to discuss infection
CDC Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training prevention strategies based on evidence-based practice,
Course. She is responsible for the Infection Control & federal and state guidelines, current CDC, OSHA and
Prevention policies, procedures, practices and consultation CMS guidelines and actual experience. Learn about
and training for a large home care, hospice and palliative actual experiences from a community-based healthcare
care program, acute and high risk maternal child programs, organization.
clinical pharmacy, physical therapy clinic, Easter Seals
Nebraska, school nurse program and homeless and domestic
abuse shelters throughout the Omaha Nebraska and Council Kathy Scheele from the
Bluffs Iowa areas.
Nebraska Department of
Amanda Holst, MS, CCC- Health and Human Services
SLP from the Visiting frGM
Nurse Association frGM Kathy Scheele is an Administrator for
the Nebraska Department of Health and
Amanda is Vice President of
Human Services. She previously served
Home Health, leads the overall
as Medicaid Supervisor for City of Lincoln, Aging Partners.
operations of VNA Home Health,
Kathy’s professional experiences also include Administrator
and is responsible for the delivery
and Internship for Golden Living Centers in Nebraska City
of effective and efficient clinical
and Plattsmouth; Nursing Home Administrator, ELCA Good
services. Twenty years ago, as a new Speech-Language
Samaritan Society in Wymore, Nebraska and Lyons and
Pathologist (SLP) graduate, Amanda began working for
Liberal, Kansas; and Administrator, Community Care of
the VNA. She immediately fell in love with the VNA and
America in Milford, Nebraska.
the opportunities it presented, including the meaningful
relationships established with patients and their families,
Kathy earned a Bachelor of Science from the University
the compassionate and expert team members she worked
of Nebraska-Lincoln in Business Administration, Human
alongside of and the overall mission of the organization. In
Resource Management and an Associates Degree in Health
2004, Amanda’s career transitioned from direct patient care
Care Administration from Central Community College in
as an SLP to management and leadership serving in roles of
Hastings.
Clinical Manager of Rehabilitation Services and Director of
Home Health.
Karen Houseman from
Amanda resides in Avoca, Iowa with her husband Jason,
and two children Blake and Madison. Amanda’s family is the Nebraska Department
kept busy with participating, coaching, and supporting of Health and Human
a variety of sports activities within the community and
school district, with her team favorites being the AHSTW ServicesGM
Vikings and Lady Vikes, Iowa Hawkeyes, and the Iowa State
Cyclones (when they aren’t playing the Hawkeyes). Karen Houseman is Program Manager II
for the Nebraska Department for Health
and Human Services. Her responsibilities include serving as
the Policy Program Manager for the Aged and Disabled and
Speakers
Traumatic Brain Injury Waivers and serving on the Brain opportunities and challenges is clearly evident in both
Injury Alliance Council. Karen also had Prior Program training and consultation activities.
Manager duties for Personal Assistance Services, Program
of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly through April 2020. For the past 15 years, Cindy has been a nationally
recognized educator in the areas of documentation,
Karen earned a Master of Science in Organizational regulation, therapy utilization and OASIS. She has and
Management (MSOM) with Human Service Focus from currently serves on multiple Technical Expert Panels with
Chadron State College, and earned a Bachelor of Arts in CMS Contractors working on clinical and payment reforms
Psychology with minors in English and Communications and bundled payment care initiatives. Her focus is on
from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Karen is the providing the knowledge and tools critical to the post-acute
Founder and Community Contact for Near Oak Lake continuum of care to operationalize external requirements
Neighborhood Association– founder and community contact while keeping the driver of care where it needs to be – the
and is a Member of Toastmasters International. needs of each patient being cared for.
Cindy has been involved at the senior leadership level for
David Centineo from Maxim Healthcare the Home Health Section of the American Physical Therapy
ServicesDGM Association for more than 10 years and is the immediate
Past President of that organization. She is on the editorial
David Centineo earned a Bachelor of Science degree in board of Home Healthcare Now and a frequently sought out
Psychology from Radford University. He is Senior Project expert contributor for other home health publications.
Manager for Maxim Healthcare Services.
Cindy is an active member of the National Association of
David leads and manages large enterprise-level projects. Home Care and Hospice (NAHC) and currently serves on
He supports key business leaders in managing customer multiple committees. She has written 3 books – The How-to
expectations for project deliverables, managing stakeholder Guide to Therapy Documentation, An Interdisciplinary Approach
communications, and leading the implementation of to Home Care and the Handbook to Home Health Therapy
effective system and project governance. David manages Documentation – and co-authored her fourth, The Post-Acute
project backlogs by gathering feedback, leveraging Care Guide to Maintenance Therapy with her business partner
stakeholders and customers, and support teams. He Diana Kornetti.
promotes empowerment of the team, ensuring each team
member is fully engaged in the project and making a
meaningful contribution, and encourage a sustainable pace Dee Kornetti, PT, MA,
with high levels of quality. HCS-D from Kornetti
Electronic Visit Verification Implementation Update
& Krafft Health Care
and Q&A SolutionsDGM
Learn the latest updates on what your agency, company
Dee, a physical therapist for 30 years,
or organization needs to do to comply with the Electronic is a past administrator and co-owner
Visit Verification (EVV) requirements mandated by the of a Medicare-certified home health
federal government. There will be a Q&A session at the agency. Dee now provides training and
end to answer your questions and support your agency or education to home health industry providers as Owner/
organization with successful implementation. Founder of a consulting business, Kornetti & Krafft Health
Care Solutions, with her business partners Cindy Krafft and
Sherry Teague.
Cindy Krafft, PT, MS, Dee is nationally recognized as a speaker in the areas of
HCS-O from Kornetti home care, standardized tests and measures in the field of
physical therapy, therapy training and staff development,
& Krafft Health Care including OASIS, coding, and documentation, in the home
Solutions health arena. Dee is the current President of the American
Physical Therapy Association’s Home Health Section and
Cindy Krafft PT, MS, HCS-O serves on the APTA’s national Post-Acute Work Group. She
brings more than 20 years of home serves as the President of the Association of Homecare
health expertise that ranges from Coding and Compliance, and a member of the Association
direct patient care to operational of Home Care Coders Advisory Board and Panel of Experts.
/ management issues as well as a She has served as a content expert for standard setting
passion for understanding regulations. Years spent in the for Decision Health’s Board of Medical Specialty Coding
direct patient environment solidified that this was the (BSMC) home care coding (HCS-D) and OASIS (HCS-O)
optimal setting for the provision of effective and efficient credentialed exams. She holds current credentials in Home
interdisciplinary care as it focuses on functionality and Health Coding (HCS-D) and Compliance (HCS-C) from this
patient centered care delivery. Recognition that providing trade association. Dee is also on Medbridge’s Advisory
care in the home environment presents both unique Board for development of educational content on its home
Speakers
health platform, and has authored several courses related to requirements; updates to the hospice payment rates; key
OASIS, Conditions of Participation (CoPs) and therapy. developments in the Hospice Quality Reporting Program;
and the Medicare Advantage (MA)-VBID-Hospice
Dee is a published researcher. on the Berg Balance Scale,
and has co-authored APTA’s Home Health Section resources demonstration. We will also discuss regulatory and
related to OASIS, goal writing and defensible documentation legislative hot topics. Please bring any hospice-related
for the practicing therapist. Dee has contributed chapter questions that you have for the Q&A at the end of the
updates to the Handbook of Home Health Care Administration session.
6th edition, and co-authored a book, The Post-Acute Care Guide
to Maintenance Therapy published in 2015.
Dee received her B.S. in Physical Therapy from Boston
Nancy Allen, BSN, RNC,
University’s Sargent College of Allied Health Professions, CMC from Solutions for
and her M.A. from Rider University in Lawrenceville, NJ.
Her clinical focus has been in the area of gerontology and Care, Inc.DGM
neurological disease rehabilitation. Nancy E. Allen, BSN, RNC, CMC, is
Chief Executive Officer of Solutions
Documentation Defensibility in 2021 and Beyond for Care, Inc., a consulting company
Although the pandemic slowed the pace of external audit specializing in community-based
scrutiny, the need to be “review ready” has not abated. health care and care management.
Fundamental coverage and qualifying criteria as well Her passion includes assisting
providers to develop effective
as confirmation of skilled, reasonable and necessary operations for compliance to deliver “quantifiable”,
have not changed. Based on extensive work with clients outcome-driven patient care.
undergoing audits such as Targeted Probe and Educate
(TPE) as well as those battling in the appeals process for Her many years of experience include clinical,
payment denials, this session will provide the framework administrative, home care, and 10 years as a state and
of an efficient and effective way to ensure compliance is accreditation surveyor. Nancy is certified as a Clinical
sufficient even in the midst of the every changing world Specialist in home health, care management and as a
of home care. long-term care surveyor. She has served as a Corporate
Integrity Monitor for the Office of Inspector General and
as a Medicare Hearing Officer for the Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services’ Medicare Fair Hearing Department,
Katie Wehri, RN, BSN where she conducted and adjudicated federal administrative
from Home Care & hearings.
Hospice Regulatory With a team from the University of Hawaii, Nancy serves
Affairs for the National as an educator and consultant in the development of
community-based health care in the Pacific islands of the
Association for Home Republic of Palau and American Samoa.
Care HospiceDGM Nancy is a contributing author to the Handbook for Home
Katie Wehri is Director, Home Care & Hospice Regulatory Health Administration and numerous other articles in
Affairs for the National Association for Home Care & national and state healthcare publications. Her book,
Hospice (NAHC). She is responsible for development of Survivor! Ten Practical Steps to Survey Survival has helped
new and enhancement of existing regulatory, operational many achieve deficiency-free surveys.
and legislative resources. Katie’s professional experiences
include serving as Hospice Operations for NAHC; Director
of Operations Consulting for Healthcare Provider Solutions; Optimizing Caregiver Recruitment, Interview
Hospice Liaison for the Indiana Association for Home Strategies and Onboarding
Care and Hospice; and Owner and Consultant for Wehri & Explore the current and future shortage of caregivers.
Associates. Effective recruitment techniques will be taught including
operational analysis and avoiding common pitfalls. Learn
Katie earned a BSBA, Health Care Administration from to identify the right attitudes and the ability to adapt to the
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio; and
ever-changing environment of home care. The importance
earned a Specialization in Human Resource Management
MBA Coursework, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio of written processes for standardization when onboarding
Specialization in Health Care Administration. a new hire will be discussed. Examine how to monitor the
onboarding process to prevent loss of a new caregiver in the
process. Learn how to create a mentoring culture to retain
Hospice Insights
and promote the longevity of caregivers.
Learn the latest updates impacting hospice. This session
will cover the modified Medicare hospice election
statement criteria and election statement addendum
coverage eligibility under the Medicare Part A Home
Purpose Statement Health benefit.
The Nebraska Association for Home Healthcare and Hospice 18. Define what “skilled, reasonable and necessary” means
Annual Conference will bring together home care and hospice for coverage of clinical services under the Medicare
professionals to discuss current and emerging issues impacting Part A Home Health benefit.
the industry. This includes regulatory, compliance and 19. Incorporate critical subjective and objective
payment updates and onboarding and engaging employees to information in clinical assessments to support Medicare
deliver care and support for home care and hospice clients. eligibility requirements.
20. Review the modified Medicare hospice election
Conflict of Interest Statement statement and election statement addendum which
were required to be implemented by hospices on
The speakers have identified no actual, potential or perceived October 1, 2020 and identify the requirements, impacts
conflict of interest. The Nurse Planners have identified no and strategies for incorporating the new documents
actual, potential or perceived conflict of interest. into the admission process.
21. Review the updates to the hospice payment rates for
Conference Objectives 2021 including wage index changes and aggregate cap.
22. Discuss the key developments in the Hospice Quality
1. Learners will be able to discuss how the home health Reporting Program.
payment and clinical planning intersect, and the impact 23. Discuss the focus and expected impacts of the MA-
to payment in the first year. VBID-Hospice demonstration that CMS will launch on
2. Learners will identify the updated RAP regulations and January 1, 2021 and identify areas of focus for hospice
how HHAs can fine tune their operations for efficient providers.
approach. 24. Review hospice regulatory and legislative hot topics.
3. Learners will be able to determine the top survey 25. Understand the current and projected need of
citations and discuss strategies to improve compliance. caregivers in the future.
4. Learners will be able to discuss the medical review 26. Demonstrate techniques to produce effective caregiver
process and how to avoid the top 5 denials for medical recruitment for an organization.
review. 27. Describe interview strategies to hire quality staff.
5. Identify the role of the case manager in home health 28. Identify best practice processes of onboarding into an
and hospice. organization.
6. Identify the role of the case manager in developing an 29. Demonstrate how to create a mentoring culture to
interdisciplinary care plan. retain caregivers.
7. Identify how to engage all care providers (family,
private duty caregivers) in the interdisciplinary care
plan.
8. Identify the role of case conferencing in patient In order to receive contact hours for the conference,
outcomes. you will be asked to complete a sign-in sheet,
9. Demonstrate one new idea or practice that you can evaluation form and register your contact hours in the
implement to enhance services and support for your Iowa Western Community Board of Nursing portal. A
clients. Certificate of Completion will be emailed to you after
10. Demonstrate how to advocate for a challenge or that documentation is received.
opportunity impacting your agency or company, clients,
or the home care and hospice industry.
11. Learn strategies for effective use of telehealth to serve
clients.
12. Apply basic fundamental infection control/prevention
practices in the home and community settings.
13. Describe policies and procedures necessary to help
prevent transmission of COVID-19 amongst health care
workers and patients.
14. Discuss the importance of effective collaboration and
communication during the intake/screening and referral
processes concerning COVID-19 between home health
clinicians, patients, and caregivers.
15. Articulate how to adapt to the CDC guidelines at home
pertaining to challenges experienced for COVID-19
based on complex case studies across the lifespan.
16. Demonstrate the components needed to implement and
use Electronic Visit Verification in Nebraska.
17. Discuss documentation requirements to support
Virtual Annual Conference Attendee Registration
Thursday, January 14, 2021
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recording.
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
c $0 Nebraska Association of Home Healthcare and Hospice Virtual
Legislative Networking Reception with State Senators
c $0 Industry Partner Expo (virtual event)
c $0 Pre-Conference Session Home Health Regulation, Operations,
and Payment Updates!
Thursday, January 21, 2021
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agency/organization/company) and Hospice Member
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c $5 (each representative) x _____
wanting contact hours (nursing CE) to be filed
with the Iowa Western Community College Board of
Nursing
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agency/organization/company)
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wanting contact hours (nursing CE) to be filed with the
Iowa Western Community College Board of Nursing
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Event Registrations must be received no later than January 14, 2021.
Cancellation policy: A 50% fee refund will be given on cancellations submitted to the Nebraska Association of
Home Healthcare and Hospice office by January 14, 2021.
All refunds will be processed after accounts have been completed.
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