Join representatives from New Jersey's healthcare communities - hospitals, health plans, physicians and life sciences - for a collaborative discussion on the state of healthcare and the challenges and opportunities within the healthcare sector.

In late 2017, CMS released preliminary results for the Comprehensive Joint Replacement (CJR) mandatory bundling program. New Jersey hospitals involved in CJR had varying experiences related to quality metrics and reconciliation payments. Early in 2018, CMS decided that New Jersey’s hospitals must continue in the mandatory CJR program, even though other parts of the country are now considered voluntary for purposes of CJR. This seminar will explore the reasons for CMS’ decision to mandate CJR in New Jersey, the experiences of several CJR hospitals to-date, and what to expect going forward. In addition, experts from DataGen will examine the Bundled Payment for Care Improvement (BPCI) Advanced rollout that CMS announced in January. This will include a look at the likely participants in New Jersey, impact on hospitals and physicians of BPCI Advanced being an advanced alternative payment model (APM) and the need for post-acute providers to remain engaged and active in this program.

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is rolling out the most comprehensive update to the long term care regulations in more than 30 years. This webinar series will focus on the magnitude of these changes in Key areas that are the focus of the new survey process. Faculty who have been on the front-line of training CMS surveyors and have deep experience in survey and certification will translate the complex changes into measurable outcomes and operational reality. The areas of focus are those that are currently guiding surveyor attention and behavior and may also influence survey outcomes. Strategies, tools, and resources will be shared which can be immediately applied in long term organizations.

The presentation, “Staying Legal in a Political World, will give attendees a way to think about the myriad laws that affect political activity. Special emphasis will be given to the issues most likely to affect incorporated hospitals and other, similar businesses, in the area of campaign finance, lobbying disclosure, federal and state gift regulation, and IRS treatment of political activity.

The presentation will weave these subjects together, starting from the perspective of how to help companies meet what can seem like diverse and seemingly irreconcilable objectives: advancing their policy objectives, while maintaining a culture of compliance and managing their public reputations in an adversarial and capricious political environment.

Effective interdisciplinary teams are the foundation upon which successful Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) are built and sustained. It is often difficult for clinicians and others who have been part of teams in other healthcare settings to adapt to the PACE environment as a team leader. This seminar will cover what is so special about the interdisciplinary team in PACE, who should be part of the IDT, team dynamics and using data to drive team discussions. The goal of the day is for participants to learn how to achieve excellence and become a high-functioning and effective and effective interdisciplinary team leader.

OBJECTIVES:

1. Understand the roles of IDT members and facilitators

2. Learn what PACE IDTs do and what an IDT agenda should look like

3. Identify what makes an IDT high-functioning and how to see problems within an IDT

4. Learn how to use data to drive IDT discussion and functioning

5. Identify ways to grow and learn together as part of a PACE IDT

What behaviors strengthen nursing practice? Learn how the interactions of leaders and colleagues impact both our job satisfaction and patient outcomes. Susan Scott, PhD., RN, shares insights on her research related to second victim. Attendees will understand the Second Victim Phenomenon, how to avoid it and how to support her experience of cultivating an area of interest and creating a program of research.

Research related to workplace environment, unique educational strategies for engaging students or clinical nurses, as well as selecting the correct instrument to measure outcomes will be included in this full-day program. During the poster sessions, attendees will have the opportunity to network with seasoned and novice researchers as they discuss issues impacting nurses in New Jersey and across the Country.

Recent legal precedent establishes that hospitals with residency programs are subject to enhanced Equal Employment Opportunity and anti-discrimination protections that are applicable in educational institutions. The first part of this program will explore the ways in which this shift in federal law impacts the environment is inclusive and free from all forms of unlawful discrimination.

In-house counsel serve in a unique role as their employer is also their client. Moreover, many times, in-house counsel is asked to not only be a legal counselor, but also a business advisor. These circumstances create a myriad of potential ethical issues included, but not limited to, conflicts of interest, questions about the applicability of the attorney-client privilege and confusion regarding representation of the organization versus its individual directors, officers, managers and employees. The second part of this program will discuss a number of various ethical issues, so that in-house counsel can recognize, and be prepared for, such issues.

The updates to the CPT Manual for 2019 are effective January 1, 2019.  Changes will include revised and deleted codes, and new codes and modifiers.  This program will prepare health information coders to apply the new and revised codes accurately.
Webinar participants will gain an understanding of how to:

• Implement changes in your facility to accurately report the 2019 CPT codes


• Reduce denials by reporting the 2019 codes accurately and timely by the Han. 1st effective data