Please note: This course is also offered in a series of recordings titled "Defensible Documentation for the Home Health Therapist (a 4-part webinar series)," course 2054.
This is Part 4 of Defensible Documentation for the Home Health Therapist (a 4-part webinar series)
Course created on January 12, 2015
Learning Outcomes
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Agenda
0-15 Minutes | Review: What is Skilled, Reasonable and Necessary? |
15-30 Minutes | Current documentation risks plan information |
30-50 Minutes | Build and management of the home health patient care plan |
50-70 Minutes | Goal writing guidelines under the Medicare Part A Home Health Benefit |
70-90 Minutes | Application exercises: Writing it Better! |
Presented By
Diana L Kornetti
PT, MA, HCS-D, COS-C
Dee, a physical therapist for 30 years, is a past administrator and co-owner of Integrity Home Health Care, Inc. – a locally owned and operated Medicare-certified home health agency. Dee now provides training and education to home health industry providers through a consulting business, Kornetti & Krafft Health Care Solutions, with her business partners Cindy Krafft and Sherry Teague, where she serves as its Chief Operations Officer.
Dee is nationally recognized as a speaker in the areas of home care, standardized tests and measures in the field of physical therapy, therapy training and staff development in the home health arena. Dee is the immediate past Editor of the Quarterly Report, a publication of the American Physical Therapy Association’s (APTA) Home Health Section , as well as member of the Home Health Section’s Practice and Education Committees. She currently serves the Home Health Section as its Program Chair for annual conference educational activities. She has been an active member in good standing in the APTA since 1986. She is also the President of the Association of Homecare Coding and Compliance, and a member of the Association of Home Care Coders Advisory Board and Panel of Experts.
Dee is a published researcher. You can find her research on the Berg Balance Scale. She has also co-authored Home Health Section resources related to OASIS, goal writing and defensible documentation for the practicing therapist.
Dee received her B.S. in Physical Therapy from Boston University’s Sargent College of Allied Health Professions, and her M.A. from Rider University in Lawrenceville, NJ. Her clinical focus has been in the area of gerontology and neurological disease rehabilitation. Integrity Home Health Care, Inc. was established with the intention of becoming a prototype of optimal health care and the employer of choice for local health care professionals.
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Cindy Krafft
PT, MS
Cindy Krafft PT, MS brings more than 18 years of home health expertise that ranges from direct patient care to operational and management issues. Years spent in the homes of patients solidified that this was the best setting to be in to really focus on functionality and the specific challenges faced by each patient. Recognition that the providing care in the home environment is different than any other setting is clearly evident in both training and consultation activities.
For the past 5 years, Cindy has been a nationally recognized educator in the areas of documentation, regulation, therapy utilization and OASIS. She has served in several national projects such as the Delta Excellence in Therapy Project as well as an expert resource for OASIS Updates. Her focus is on providing the knowledge and tools to operationalize external requirements while keeping the driver of care where it needs to be – the needs of each patient being cared for in the home setting.
Cindy has been involved at the senior leadership level for the Home Health Section of the American Physical Therapy Association and is the current President of that organization. She has been working with APTA and CMS to clarify regulatory expectations and address proposed payment methodologies to ensure the long term participation of therapy services in home health. She has written 2 books – The How-to Guide to Therapy Documentation and An Interdisciplinary Approach to Home Care.
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