January 2008 e-Bulletin

Welcome to the Home Health QIOSC monthly e-Bulletin, your source for the latest updates in home health quality improvement. You may either browse the newsletter or use the icons at the top of the page to jump to a specific section.

Following are recent and upcoming educational materials available on MedQIC - www.medqic.org. Posted Posted Date Educational Resource Content Description Location 12/7/07 Everything You (N)ever Wanted to Know About OBQI Outcome (and Risk Adjustment)   Sean Hunt, Director of Home Health Projects, HHQIOSC This recorded WebEx focuses on the impact of OASIS with risk adjustment and the significance of accurate OASIS collection. The session reviews benchmarking data and looks at misunderstandings and upcoming changes. Quality Improvement

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The HHQI National Campaign will end on February 1, 2008. What will happen to the HHQI resources? The HHQI Web site, www.homehealthquality.org, will remain up until July 31, 2008. Most HHQI resources are being transitioned to www.medqic.org so they will remain accessible to QIOs and providers. Please Note:  Continuing education will ONLY be available for Transitional Care Coordination and all previous BPIPs until February 29, 2008! To view a table with available continuing education and links to the appropriate BPIPs and continuing education evaluations/post-tests go to:  www.homehealthquality.org/hh/hha/contacthours/cne.aspx.

We will repost the Medicare Advantage presentations to www.medqic.org due to some minor changes. Contact Eve Esslinger if you have already started utilizing these presentations and would like to know what changes were made. 

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There are no pending deliverable dates at this time.

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(Please note that all conference numbers now have a numerical ID)

HH CoP Call:  Tuesday, January 15, 2008, 3:00 p.m. (EST)
1.877.260.8899; ID:  898683

National HH QIO Call:  Tuesday, January 22, 2008, 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. (EST)
1.866.861.5389; ID: 898988

LANE WebEx:  Monday, January 28, 2008, 3:00 p.m. (EST)
1.877.807.5706; ID: 688896
(Instructions for WebEx will be posted closer to date of call.)

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Beginning in February 2008, the ACH benchmarking reports will be available for all home health agencies in the country. These will be distributed as usual to each QIO through QualityNet Exchange.

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