May 20, 2024

HCCI recently updated six of our most popular online courses. Boost your skills and better your home care practice with these in-demand, on-demand courses. Each one is designated for CME credit and can be completed in 15 to 45 minutes. Also stay tuned for information from HCCI soon on a whole new way to gain exclusive access not only to our online courses, but to our HCCIntelligence™ Premier Tools and Tip Sheets, webinars, personalized Office Hours, and more.

Check out these Operations & Practice Leadership courses designed to help you enhance your programs’ revenue capture and compliance — all featuring the most up-to-date guidance from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS):

Foundations of Coding and Billing for House Calls (0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™)

House call practices remain a focus for the Office of Inspector General and CMS because home visits get coded higher than office visits. As a result of being at the high end of the billing bell curve, house call practices also have a high likelihood of being audited.

Advanced Coding and Billing: Beyond E/M for House Calls (0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™)

House call practices face challenges when trying to survive financially in the fee-for-service world. Your practice likely isn't taking full advantage of reimbursement opportunities for services beyond the standard evaluation and management (E/M) codes. 

Risk Adjustment and HCC Coding for House Calls (0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™)

As payers move to the risk adjustment model, it's critical that a patient's diagnosis options are coded to the highest specificity. If coding and documentation are not done appropriately, you will not receive the adequate funding needed to support already-provided services.

Legal Compliance for Home-Based Primary Care (0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™)

All healthcare providers must operate within many statutes, regulations, guidance documents, and contractual obligations. Otherwise, they risk potentially facing civil or even criminal liability. Home-based primary care providers will find unique challenges in avoiding compliance risks.

Be sure to also look at two of our most recently updated Clinical courses — both feature current guidance from experts and will build your competence and confidence when caring for patients with dementia and/or mood and behavioral disorders:

Management of Mental Health Conditions in Homebound Patients (0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™)

Patients with mental health conditions present chronic distress and acute changes, which can be challenging when the patient is also homebound. The care team must be prepared to manage ongoing disorders and troubleshoot acute changes in behavioral symptoms.

Dementia and Neuropsychiatric Disturbances in HBPC (0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™)

Home-based primary care (HBPC) providers often deliver primary care services to patients with various stages of dementia. These patients often experience neuropsychiatric disturbances, making delivery of HBPC services challenging.

We at HCCI are here to help in a variety of ways. 

Please visit the HCCIntelligence™ Resource Center to learn more.