Home Health Courses

Whether you are an administrator, clinician, nurse or supervisor, DecisionHealth has a variety of online courses available for you. 
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Coding

• Appendix D: What You Need to Learn, What You Need to Code and What You Should Query

  Competency Level: All Prerequisistes: None Required Resources: None Lessons: 10 Pre-Approved for Continuing Education Credits: 2.5 HCS-D CEUs Price: $199 per person This course is designed to provide answers to how HHAs should code, based on official guidance including Appendix D. Students will walk away with an understanding of how the Appendix D guidance affect code reporting, sequencing, and potential reimbursement issues. Course Details | Buy Now

• ICD-9-CM Coding Competencies for Home Health: Base Knowledge

  Competency Level: Beginner Prerequisites: None Required Resources: 2009 Complete Home Health ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Coding Manual Lessons: 5 Pre-approved for Continuing Education Credits: N/A Price: $69 per person This course provides a basic understanding of how ICD-9-CM coding works in home health. This is the first in a series of three ICD-9-CM Coding Competencies courses that teach coding basics. This course covers the ICD-9-CM Official Coding Guidelines and Conventions and the rules that a coder must follow to use the ICD-9 manual and begin to code correctly. Course Details | Buy Now

• ICD-9 Coding Competencies: Diagnosis Coding and OASIS Interactions

  Competency Level: Beginner Prerequisites: None Required Resources: 2009 Complete Home Health ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Coding Manual Lessons: 5 Pre-approved for Continuing Education Credits: N/A Price: $69 per person This is the second in a series of three ICD-9-CM Coding Competencies training programs that teach basic education for home health. When the course is complete, a student will understand how codes "fit" in the OASIS form, and what in the document needs to be taken into consideration when coding. Course Details | Buy Now

• ICD-9-CM Coding Competencies: Key Competencies, V and E codes

  Competency Level: Beginner Prerequisites: None Required Resources: 2009 Complete Home Health ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Coding Manual Lessons: 6 Pre-approved for Continuing Education Credits: N/A Price: $69 per person This course is the third in a series of three ICD-9-CM Coding Competencies training programs that teach the basics of home health coding. Students learn how to apply the guidelines, as well as the proper use of V codes and E codes. Course Details | Buy Now

• FY2010 New Codes Education for Home Health

  Competency Level: Experienced Prerequisites: None Required Resources: 2010 Complete Home Health ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Coding Manual Lessons: 8 Pre-approved for Continuing Education Credits: 1.5 HCS-D CEUs Price: $99 per person This course provides an overview of the FY2010 coding and guideline changes that most affect home health. Students will walk away with an understanding of how code reporting, sequencing, and potential reimbursement issues will change with the coding and guideline changes. This course features interactive scenarios and examples. Course Details | Buy Now

• Diagnosis Coding and OASIS-C Interactions

  Competency Level: Experienced Prerequisites: None Required Resources: 2010 Complete Home Health ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Coding Manual plus, access to the OASIS form Lessons: 3 Pre-approved for Continuing Education Credits: 2.0 HCS-D CEUs Price: $149 per person This course provides an overview of the OASIS-C changes that most affect diagnosis coding, from the guidance changes for the coding items to the clues and cross-checks coders should use to double-check documentation. Students will walk away with an understanding of how to correctly code with the new OASIS, including coding with Appendix D instructions, as well as understand the basics of wound guidance, falls assessment, cardiac, respiratory and depression screening issues. Course Details | Buy Now

• Coding Courses Coming Soon

  Coming Late 2009/Early 2010! For newer coders or those who need a refresher: Circulatory Basics: Heart Failure and Hypertension Diabetes Coding Keys Diabetes and Manifestations V Codes: Main Uses and Commonly Used Codes Apply Your Knowledge: Code and Learn For experienced coders: CVA Coding Diabetes: Manifestations In-Depth Therapy Coding Wounds: Complications Wounds: Surgical Apply Your Knowledge: Code and Learn Apply Your Knowledge: More Scenarios to Code and Learn

OASIS-C

• OASIS-C Introduction & Overview

  Competency Level: Beginner Recommended Prerequisite: OASIS Overview Required Resources: None Lessons: 8 Pre-approved for Continuing Education Credits: 2.0 HCS-D CEUs Price: $149 per person The course is designed to help clinicians become familiar with the OASIS-C document, identify major changes, including deletions, revisions and additions, and understand the rationale behind the changes. Learn to identify process measures and the timing of the process measures as they relate to medication review, pressure ulcers, diabetic foot care and depression. Discover how to achieve OASIS-C accuracy on every patient assessment, improve quality of care and receive the appropriate payment. Course Details | Buy Now

• OASIS-C Diagnosis Coding

  Competency Level: Experienced Recommended Prerequisite: OASIS-C Introduction & Overview Required Resources: None Lessons:7 Pre-approved for Continuing Education Credits: 2.0 HCS-D CEUs Price: $149 per person This course is designed to help clinicians master the nuances of the OASIS-C diagnosis items: M1020, M1022 and M1024. The actual diagnoses items haven’t changed, but the instructions on how to list each diagnosis have been expanded so that they are in line with the instructions provided in CMS’s Appendix D. For example, OASIS-C instructs clinicians to list diagnoses “in the order that best reflects the seriousness of each condition and supports the disciplines and services provided.” Also the “severity index” is now referred to as the “degree of symptom control.” Course Details | Buy Now

• OASIS-C Clinical Case Mix

  Competency Level: Experienced Recommended Prerequisite: OASIS-C Introduction & Overview Required Resources: None Lessons: 20 Pre-approved for Continuing Education Credits: 5.0 HCS-D CEUs Price: $149 per person This course is designed to help clinicians master the nuances of the OASIS-C clinical case-mix items. The clinical case-mix questions often are the most challenging, yet most important in terms of determining your patient’s acuity and ensuring your agency will be reimbursed for the intensive services you will be providing. In this lesson, also learn about projecting therapy need (M2200). Course Details | Buy Now

• OASIS-C Functional Case Mix

  Competency Level: Experienced Recommended Prerequisite: OASIS-C Introduction & Overview Required Resources: None Lessons: 17 Pre-approved for Continuing Education Credits: 4.0 HCS-D CEUs Price: $149 per person This course provides an overview of the OASIS-C functional items and their impact on case mix. After completing this course, clinicians will be able to apply CMS guidance to the functional M0 items in patient scenarios that pose the greatest challenges to home health clinicians. Course Details | Buy Now

• OASIS-C Wound Case Mix

  Competency Level: Experienced Recommended Prerequisite: OASIS-C Introduction & Overview Required Resources: None Lessons: 11 Pre-approved for Continuing Education Credits: 3.0 HCS-D CEUs Price: $149 per person This course is designed help clinicians answer the OASIS-C wound case-mix item questions to achieve accuracy on every patient assessment, improve quality of care and ensure the agency receives the appropriate payment for the level of care it’s providing. This self-paced course will define and identify criteria/strategies for accurately answering M1308, M1324, M1334 and M1342. At the end of this course, the clinician will be able to apply CMS guidance in responding to the wound case-mix M0 items in the most challenging patient scenarios. Course Details | Buy Now

• OASIS-C Courses Coming Soon

  There are currently no new courses planned, please check back for updates.

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