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Speaker |
Sharon Litwin |
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Industry |
Hospice and Home Care Webinars |
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Speciality |
Hospice and Home Care Webinars |
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Available |
All Days |
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Duration |
90 Minutes |
Description
QAPI is not easy if you are first starting out or if you have been doing it for a long time. WHY? Because it takes time, you need an understanding of concepts to be successful at it and you need to involve all of your staff to really have it help your agency and be compliant.
QAPI helps your agency improve patient and therefore agency outcomes, which is so necessary with 5 Star ratings and with Value-Based Purchasing, which is Pay for Performance! Agencies that cannot improve their outcomes will have a difficult time having long-term viability.
QAPI also will help your agency to avoid the daily ‘Fire, as you will Fix the Root of Problems and therefore not have a Crisis Du Jour! So you can then have the time you need to ensure your QAPI program is a good one!
As you progress in your Quality Indicators, you will also find that you are in greater compliance with your clinical documentation, processes, and home visits. This will lessen your risk of having condition-level deficiencies or Immediate Jeopardy! You will avoid the risk of sanctions by doing this as well.
A successful QAPI program can help you be efficient in your agency operations as well and as we have to be so mean and lean today, this is of major importance!
Areas Covered
Why Should You Attend
QAPI is so important for your agency – to improve outcomes, lessen the risk, as well as to prevent issues from occurring. QAPI is Not to be done just to pass surveys.
Who Should Attend
(RN, BSHS, MHA, HCS-D, COQS)
Sharon Litwin, RN, BSHS, MHA, HCS-D, COQS
Sharon has had an extensive career in home health, starting as a field nurse in 1985. Over the ensuing years, she held positions in California and Missouri as Director of Patient Services, Administrator, Regional Director, and Executive Director of a large hospital-based home services division.
In 2003, Sharon left the corporate world to create 5 Star Consultants, to utilize her knowledge in partnership with agencies in providing assistance and education to those in need. Since then, she has also been a CHAP and ACHC surveyor, performing Medicare-deemed accreditation surveys for 10 years.
In 2020, she sold the company to Healthcare Provider Solutions and is now offering her expertise and knowledge to a limited number of clients in the industry. Sharon now lives in sunny Cape Coral, Florida, and is pleased to offer services through her new consulting agency, Litwin Home Health Consulting, LLC.