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HCA’s Annual Conference
August 25-26, 2020
NOW VIRTUAL!
Each new era in time is marked by certain distinguishing characteristics or features.
For health care, major top-down policy forces (like PDGM) or credos (like the “Triple Aim” and “Value Based Care”) traditionally influence those definitions. 2020, of course, has been totally different, with a global pandemic entirely reshaping home and community-based health care.
Overnight, this public health emergency has ushered new uses of patient-care technology, new care-planning and clinical procedures, new staff-and-patient safety measures and entirely new ways of thinking about our operations. It has also exacerbated long-standing issues and concerns, like recruitment and retention, that demand even greater attention.
How many of these changes will stick over the long term, what new changes are to come, and how can home and community-based organizations be the agents of our own change?
Join us to learn more and be a part of this enterprise by Forging a New Era in Home Care with HCA at our flagship forty-second annual conference, now virtual!
Learn more and register at http://hcaannualconference.com/.
Home Care Clinician Training for COVID-19 Testing
Under a grant from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation, the Home Care Association of New York State (HCA), Iroquois Healthcare Alliance (IHA) and clinical faculty at the Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) are delivering web-based training for home health RNs and other personnel on COVID-19 testing procedures that can be conducted at home.
This complimentary training is open to all home care personnel in New York State whose scope of practice permits testing (i.e., nurses and respiratory therapists).
Learn more at https://hca-nys.org/testing.
A Virtual Senior Center for Your Home Care Patients
HCA Education and Research (E&R) and Selfhelp Community Services recently held a webinar to show first-hand a powerful, interactive Virtual Senior Center (VSC) platform open for all home and community-based clients to enroll. You can watch an archive of the webinar by registering here.
Selfhelp has already achieved incredible outcomes offering the VSC to its own home and community-based clients. Under a grant from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation, HCA E&R and Selfhelp are working to expand the VSC’s capabilities and invite home and community-based providers across New York State to enroll their own clientele.
Instant OASIS Hacks – A Webinar Series with OASIS Answers
August 18 to 21, 2020
4 to 5 p.m.
(Registration ends Aug. 10)
In this live, webinar series, you’ll learn some “behind the scenes” hacks that OASIS Answers experts use to organize, highlight, and quickly access key CMS guidance drawing from a kit of resources sent to you in advance. Each webinar session will be held live in 1 hour-long sessions over four days.
All registrants will receive:
- A copy of the 2020 INSTANT OASIS Answers Book
- 75 customized Key Concepts tabs for your INSTANT book
- An easy-to-use Key Concepts reference card
- Access to the live webinar training
You must register by the deadline to ensure you have your Hacks Kit for the webinar.
*This is not an introductory OASIS course. Attendees should have at least a familiarity with the OASIS items and data collection rules.
Hospice Election Statement Changes and Addendum: Are You Ready?
August 27, 2020
11 a.m. to noon
This webinar with Melinda Gaboury, CEO/Co-founder of Healthcare Provider Solutions, will review changes to the hospice election statement that go into effect October 2020. In addition to the election statement, CMS is also implementing an addendum requirement. For that addendum, clinicians need to fully understand what is allowed and not allowed under the Medicare benefit and the regulations to support those decisions. This webinar will assist in full preparation for implementation of these new requirements.
Webinars for Home Health and Hospice Aides
August 13 & September 10, 2020
Now more than ever, home health and hospice aides need educational supports. In the coming months, HCA is holding a series of webinars to provide aides with vital education on the following topics. Please be sure to invite your aide staff to register and participate. Note: there are no limits on the number of participants from your agency through your registered site connection.
- August 13, 2020: The Aide’s Role in Nutrition and Hydration (led by Sandy Decker, RN, BSN)
- September 10, 2020: The Aide’s Role in Caring for Patients During a Pandemic (led by Michelle White, DNP, RN, CNL)
READ MORE AND REGISTER IN THE FORM HERE
No-Cost Workforce Training Available through Regional WIOs
No-cost trainings are available to your home care staff throughout the state of New York via the Workforce Investment Organizations (WIOs). Each WIO is approved by the state Department of Health to service one or more regions across the state through contracts with MLTC plans. The trainings are not only complimentary but they also offer the opportunity for wage replacements funds. HCA has created a special page linking to the various WIOs and their programs across the state.
Call for Presenters at HCA Education Programs
HCA Education and Research, the education arm of the Home Care Association of New York State, is seeking engaging educational sessions on timely, innovative and relevant topics for home health, palliative care and hospice industry professionals. Throughout the year, HCA hosts several signature events including our Annual Membership conference, as well as an array of educational workshops or webinars. If you are an industry expert and have an education program to pitch or feel you have some insights you can present as part of HCA’s education programming, please download our Call for Presenters form below for details on how you can participate in HCA education.
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