Bureau Talk 2009

October 2009

• Changes
• Hospice State Operations Manual (SOM)
• Mission and Priority Document
• Certification of Terminal Illness – 42 CFR 418.22
• The New Out-of-Hospital Do Not Resuscitate Order Rule – 19 CSR 30-40.600
• Family Care Safety Registry
• CAHPS has been delayed
• Safe at Home
• OASIS

Attachment A – Hospice State Operations Manual
Attachment B – Federal Register
Attachment C – OHDNR PowerPoint Presentation
Attachment D – October 2009 Q&A's
Attachment E – Applicability
Attachment F – Comprehensive Assessment
Attachment G – Follow-up Assessments
Attachment H – OASIS Data Set – Forms and Items

 

July 2009

• Introduction
• Home Health Rules
• OASIS C
• Disaster Preparedness
• Stamped Physician Signatures
• Discharge for Cause
• Hospice/LTC Coordinated Task Plan of Care
• Enticements/Inducements
• Hospice Q&A's
• Hospice Webinar Trainings
• Durable Power of Attorney
• Hospice Tags
• Volunteers
• Volunteers and Electronic Records
• Hospice Policies and Procedures
• Advance Beneficiary Notices
• Durable Medical Equipment

Attachment 1 – Home Health Regulations
Attachment 2 – News from the MOO Arena
Attachment 3 – Common Themes for Pandemic Flu Planning for Home Health & Hospices
Attachment 4 – Hospice/LTC Coordinated Task Plan of Care
Attachment 5 – Medicare Learning Network (MLN) document "Medicare Fraud & Abuse"
Attachment 6 – Hospice Q & A's
Attachment 7 – Webinar Handouts
Attachment 8 – Volunteer Skill Building Conference

April 2009

• Spring is in the Air
• Office Issues
• Discharge for a Cause
• Device Decision Guide
• Hospital Discharge Planning for Hospice
• Proper Disposal of Household Pharmaceutical Waste
• Aide In-Services
• New Regulations for CORFs
• Surveyor In-Services
• Agency Change of Address
• Fiscal Intermediary (FI) Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC)
• Disaster Preparedness
• Hospice Patients in Assisted Living Facilities
• Aide Competency Exam
• New Pressure Ulcer Efforts in Missouri
• Hospice Questions and Answers
• News from the M00 Arena

Attachment A – Device Decision Guide
Attachment B – Hospice Questions and Answers
Attachment C – Home Health Patient Tracking Tool
Attachment D - Comparison of OASIS-B1 (Current Version) to OASIS-C version 12.2
(Proposed Data Collection)
Attachment E –Response to Public Comments on the Revised OASIS C Instrument
Attachment F – New Pressure Efforts in Missouri

January 2009

• Departmental Changes
• Public Health Preparedness Conference
• Open Door Forum
• Changing Addresses Requires CMS Approval
• OPT/CORF Issues
• Disaster Preparedness Planning
• Informed Decisions About Long-Term Care Facilities
• Fiscal Intermediaries
• Alzheimer's and Dementia Staff Education Week
• Hospice Issues
• OASIS Automation
• OASIS News

Attachment A – S&C Letter regarding OPT & CORF
Attachment B – Alzheimer's Association Brochure
Attachment C – Hospice Questions and Answers
Attachment D – Hospice Interpretive Guidelines
Attachment E – Proper Disposal of Household Pharmaceutical Waste Brochure