Description: Beginning in November 2017, Medicare and Medicaid providers – including home health and hospice – must meet a host of new requirements designed to ensure that they have the necessary planning in place to provide safe care for their patients, regardless of what type of emergency may occur. This series of six one-hour webinars will provide in-depth knowledge of the new requirements that home health and hospice organizations are subject to, with specific focus on: an overview of the regulations, starting the agency-specific plan, building the plan, development of policies and procedures, communication, and testing and training.
Program Goals: Through attendance in this web series, participants will increase their understanding of the new federal emergency preparedness requirements that are part of the home health and hospice Conditions of Participation (CoP) and become knowledgeable in how to apply the federal requirements for disaster preparedness in their home health or hospice agencies.
Following is the planned content and schedule for the live webinar sessions; for those who are unable to attend the live sessions, recorded sessions will be available:
Part 1: OVERVIEW OF THE REGULATIONS June 1, 2017, NOON - 1:00PM EST |
Part 4: DEVELOPMENT OF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES June 13, 2017, NOON - 1:00PM EST |
Part 2: STARTING THE PLAN June 6, 2017, NOON - 1:00PM EST
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Part 5: COMMUNICATION
June 15, 2017, NOON - 1:00PM EST |
Part 3: BUILDING THE PLAN June 8, 2017, NOON - 1:00PM EST |
Part 6: TESTING AND TRAINING June 27, 2017, NOON - 1:00PM EST
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CEs: One nursing credit hour will be offered for participation in each of the six parts of this webinar series, for a maximum of six.
Participants must register for the entire six-part series, at the following rates:
NAHC Member/LeadingAge Ohio Member: $399 for webinar series
LeadingAge Ohio Member Discount Code required (Code will be applied at checkout.)
Non-Member – NAHC or LeadingAge Ohio Non-member: $599 for webinar series
Barbara B. Citarella, RN, BSN, MS, CHCE, CSH-V (Certified in Homeland Security) is the founder of RBC Limited Healthcare and Management Consultants. Barbara and her team of expert consultants have made the company a national leader in the home health and hospice industry in addition to disaster planning.
With over 25 years of experience, Barbara is internationally known for her expertise in the areas of infection control, leadership, and disaster preparedness. As the only recognized expert in the area of home care and hospice disaster planning, she specializes in emergency disaster planning, bioterrorism, health care development, and operations. She provides education to law enforcement and government agencies, health care providers, private sector, first responders, national and state associations in all aspects of disaster preparedness.
Barbara conducts mock disaster drills for various agencies and health departments nationwide and has participated on the NYS Bioterrorism Task Force in the subsection on education. She has worked with over 15 state health departments in the area of biological, radiological and nuclear disaster planning. Barbara was part of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) committee to rewrite the National Response Plan document and the DHS Disaster Preparedness Guidelines for people with special needs. She has received the highest level (CHS-V) of certification in homeland security from the American Board for Certification in Homeland Security (ABCHS).
Recordings of the webinar series will be available for purchase after the series has concluded.
Questions:
If you have questions, please email webex@nahc.org or call 866.863.3903 to have a representative assist you.