Improving Home Health Patient and Agency Outcomes

This webinar explores data-driven strategies for improving patient outcomes in the Home Health Quality Improvement Program, emphasizing collaboration, education, staff engagement, and performance improvement projects.
  • Tuesday
  • October
  • 22
  • 2024
10:00 AM PDT | 01:00 PM EDT
Duration: 60 Minutes
IMG Sharon Litwin
Webinar Id: 60355
Live
Session
$119.00
Single Attendee
$249.00
Group Attendees
Recorded
Session
$159.00
Single Attendee
$359.00
Group Attendees
Combo
Live+Recorded
$249.00
Single Attendee
$549.00
Group Attendees

Overview:

Outcomes, including the Care Compare, iQies and CAHPs,  are critical  to understand and to have strategies with which to improve. This webinar will focus on these key outcomes in data driven as well as the results of quality indicators and PIPs in the HH qAPI program.  Then we will review each of these outcomes: drill down to how to improve each Patient’s outcome thorough collaboration of care, goal oriented team. Action items will include education to engage staff and QAPI indicators and/or Performance improvement projects.

Learning how to improve outcomes is not only for the quality of a home health patient, which is the most important, but also is a necessary for the HH agency. There are many issues for Agencies with star ratings, one of which is that, for example a HH that is at 2.5 Stars out of 5 may  lose their referral sources. 

So join this informative webinar to learn strategies and tips to improve your outcomes!

Why you should Attend:

Learning how to improve outcomes is not only for the quality of a home health patient, which is the most important, but also is a necessary for the HH agency. There are many issues for Agencies with star ratings, one of which is that, for example a HH that is at 2.5 Stars out of 5 may  lose their referral sources. 

In addition, with VBP , the agency may receive less reimbursement if their outcomes are poor. 

Areas Covered in the Session:

  • Utilize data driven outcomes to develop key indicators to improve outcomes
  • Understand how to select key problematic outcomes to focus on improving
  • Be able to develop a realistic action plan to improve low outcomes
  • Develop an education plan that will engage staff so they understand areas for improvement and can implement each
  • Provide care with the interdisciplinary team working together in order to coordinate the patient care in order to improve outcomes
  • Develop quality indicators for low outcomes in order to improve and then sustain the outcomes

Who Will Benefit:

  • Administrators
  • Director of Patient Services
  • QAPI Coordinator
  • Clinical Managers
  • Field Staff

Speaker Profile

Sharon Litwin, RN, BSHS, MHA, HCS-D, COQS Litwin Home Health Consulting, LLC

Sharon has had an extensive career in home health, starting as a field nurse in 1985. Over the ensuing years, she held positions in California and Missouri as Director of Patient Services, Administrator, Regional Director, and Executive Director of a large hospital-based home services division. In 2003, Sharon left the corporate world to create 5 Star Consultants, to utilize her knowledge in partnership with agencies in providing assistance and education to those in need. Since then, she has also been a CHAP and ACHC surveyor, performing Medicare deemed accreditation surveys for 10 years.

In 2020, she sold the company to Healthcare Provider Solutions, and is now offering her expertise and knowledge to a limited number of clients in the industry. Sharon now lives in sunny Cape Coral, Florida, and is pleased to offer services through her new consulting agency, Litwin Home Health Consulting, LLC.