Recorded Webinar

PDGM: Lessons Learned and Looking Ahead

Home health agencies need to look at their own data to assess any potential risk areas and ensure processes related to coding, OASIS, and clinical decision-making are being driven by the individual presentation of the patient and not the payment pillars of PDGM.

During our recorded webinar with K&K Health Care Solutions, our presenters discuss how to be successful under PDGM in 2022.

Watch this webinar to learn:

How ICD-10 coding patterns changed in 2020 and the connections to PDGM
The factors that contributed to a higher than expected level of functional impairment when PDGM was implemented
The impact of PDGM and the pandemic on utilization of nursing and therapy services

This webinar is informational only and is not accredited.

About the Recorded Webinar

Meet the Authors

Cindy Krafft, PT, MS, HCS-O

K&K Healthcare Solutions

Cindy Krafft brings more than 20 years of home health expertise that ranges from direct patient care to operational and management issues. Years spent in the homes of patients confirmed that she was in the best setting to focus on functionality and the specific challenges faced … by each patient. Cindy recognizes that providing care in the home environment is different from providing care in any other setting, which is evident in both her training and consultation activities.

For the past 10 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 and been 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 of the Home Health Section of the American Physical Therapy Association for more than 10 years and is the immediate past 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 two books--The How-to Guide to Home Health Therapy Documentation and An Interdisciplinary Approach to Home Care--and coauthored a third, The Post-Acute Care Guide to Maintenance Therapy.

Sherry Teague, MESS, ATC, PTA, HCS-D, HCS-O

K&K Healthcare Solutions

Sherry, a native Floridian, is the CFO and co-owner of K& K Health Care Solutions. Sherry has been the driving factor in both her and Dee's movement from employment to ownership - first with a contract rehabilitation company (Integrity Rehab, Inc.) that provided physical … therapy, occupational therapy and speech-language pathology services to local home health agencies in Marion and Citrus counties, and then into their own home health agency, founded in 2003. In 2009, Sherry was honored with the Marion County Chamber of Commerce "Small Business Person of the Year" Award. Sherry is dedicated to taking the pain out of continuing education for health care clinicians and administration by leveraging technology and meeting customer needs. Sherry has a strong sense of community service, as evidenced by her volunteer status as an athletic trainer at Citrus High School for over 13 years, as well as her membership with Rotary International that exemplifies service above self. Sherry received her athletic training certification from Valdosta State University (GA) in 1989, and her Masters in Exercise and Sport Science degree from the University of Florida in 1991. She completed her A.S. degree at St. Pete Jr. College in St. Petersburg, FL, to become a physical therapist assistant in 1998.

Who is this recorded webinar for?

This recorded webinar is an ideal resource for:

All practitioners in leadership roles
Healthcare executives, C-suite, owners
Managers, administrators, and other healthcare leaders

These best practices can be applied in the following settings:

Home Health

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