Starting Up a Home Health Agency: Ready, Set, Go OR Ready, Set, No?

Presented by MaryLou Connolly, McCoy & Connolly Consulting, Inc., Nancy McCoy, McCoy & Connolly Consulting, Inc., and Thomas Boyd, Boyd and Nicholas, Inc.

Sponsored by Strategic Healthcare Programs, LLC

To download the brochure click here.

This all day seminar will cover the nuts and bolts of establishing a home health agency. The session will focus on the materials, tools, and systems necessary to consider, as well as the financial, staff, and personal (think fortitude, perseverance, patience) resources necessary for initial success. In addition, important regulatory and financial information will be presented. This seminar would be helpful to anyone considering entry into home health, existing licensed providers thinking about expanding into Medicare certified, or agencies awaiting licensure.

Agenda

  • Type of Agency: Licensed, Medicare certified, Niche market
  • Setting up: Financial Records, Billing, Budget, Chart of Accounts, Fiscal Period and MORE
  • Financial Statement, Medicare Credit Balance Report and Cost Report, Tax Withholdings and Returns, Dashboard/benchmarks and MORE
  • Q&A Financial Session
  • Regulatory/Accreditation Requirements/Options
  • Facility Requirements
  • Manuals, Chart Documents, Information Systems
  • Clinical Processes: Referral/Intake, Scheduling/Staffing, Patient Care System/Model, Supervision, Orientation, Documentation
  • Management Processes: Governing Body, Advisory Board, Administrative Personnel, Quality Management/Improvement, Program Evaluation
  • Discussion/Q&A

Program Schedule
8:00 - 9:00 am Registration
9:00 - 12:00 pm Workshop
12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch (provided)
1:00 - 4:00 pm Workshop

Please make travel arrangements to arrive before 9:00 am and leave after 4:00 pm. Allow time for traffic before and after the workshop. You must attend the workshop in it’s entirety to obtain continuing education units. Partial credits will not be given. No exceptions.

Who should attend
Owners, Licensed providers interested in becoming Medicare Certified, Agencies awaiting licensure, Anyone interested in entering home health business.

Faculty
Mary Lou Connolly, RN, MS
Consultant
McCoy & Connolly Consulting, Inc.
Former Administrator, UCSD Home Care

Nancy McCoy, RN, MS
Consultant
McCoy & Connolly Consulting, Inc.
Former Dir. Of Clinical Services,
UCSD Home Care

Thomas Boyd, BA, MBA
Principal
Boyd and Nicholas, Inc

Dates and Locations:
April 15 , 2008
Radisson Hotel Sacramento
500 leisure lane
Sacramento, CA 95815
(916) 922-2020

April 17 , 2008
Hilton Ontario Airport
700 North Haven Avenue
Ontario, Ca 91764
(909) 980-0400

How to register:

  • ON-LINE with your credit card here!
  • Download registration form and FAX your registration to: 916-641-5881
  • MAIL your registration to:
    CAHSAH
    3780 Rosin Court, Suite 190
    Sacramento, CA 95834
  • PHONE in your registration with credit card payment to: 916-641-5795 ext. 117 or 122

Registration Fee:
CAHSAH Member
Early Bird Rate: $169 per person (registration received by March 18)
Advaned Rate: $189 per person (registration received by April 1)
Onsite Rate: $229 per person (day of event only, space permiting)

Non-Member
Early Bird Rate: $338 per person (registration received by March 18)
Advaned Rate: $378 per person (registration received by April 1)
Onsite Rate: $458 per person (day of event only, space permiting)


Questions?

For more information on this workshop contact CAHSAH at (916) 641-5795 ext ext. 117 or 122

Related Resources:

Introduction to the Home Health Agency Business This 300+ page manual offers a detailed look at the licensing and certification process and is an ideal starting point for those who have decided to open their own agency. Sample application forms, state and federal codes and regulations, Medicare information, and contact information for additional resources are included. (NEWLY UPDATED: March 2007)

Member price: $224.12
Non-members $439.62

price includes shipping, handling and tax.

To order the Introduction to the Home Health Agency Business, click here.

 

Title 22 and CoP Side by Side
This matrix provides a comparison of Title 22 and the Medicare CoPs, including OASIS. (updated: 3/07)

Member price: $58.88
Non-members $112.75

price includes tax and shipping.

To order the Title 22 Side by Side, click here.




 

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