Sexual assault and abuse of elders living in nursing homes and other senior living environments is a significant issue that often goes unreported. Residents are more physically and cognitively frail than ever before and are increasingly vulnerable to this type of abuse. Residents, families and staff often do not know what to do if they suspect sexual abuse has occurred. This program will focus on the prevention and detection of sexual abuse, the many ethical concerns related to sexual abuse, best practices in training and advocacy on behalf of residents, liability and regulatory concerns and strategies for risk management.

The Healthcare Ethics Committee Symposium is designed to address the vital role of healthcare ethics committees and their unique responsibilities, including education, clinical ethics consultation and policy development and review. Using case studies, published materials, institutional policies, role plays and personal experiences, the faculty and attendees will explore issues that typically require ethical analysis and resolution. These issues include informed consent and refusal, decisional capacity and decision making by and for patients, truth telling and confidentially, care at the beginning and end of life, justice and access to healthcare services, and organizational ethics.

Ethics committees come in all shapes, sizes and stages of development; their members bring varying skill sets, knowledge bases and levels of experience. Because the program’s central focus will be skills and strategies to enhance healthcare ethics committees as organizational resources, this intensive two-day symposium is essential for anyone who chairs, serves on or supports healthcare ethics committees

Session I: You Can Have it All! ICD-10 Coder Productivity & Quality
Discover solutions to improve coder performance. Learn how to identify issues decreasing coding productivity and quality in your department and how to increase the productivity while improving the quality of your coders using ICD-10.

Session II: Quality Indicators/Medical Necessity
Gain an understanding of the Quality Indicators (Severity of Illness/Risk of Mortality) that impact reporting. The participant will also gain an understanding of the importance of documentation for Medical Necessity. We will also look at Social Determinants of Care, and why it is important for the complete coding picture.

Session III: Query Do’s & Don’ts
Gain an understanding of the importance of the query process while learning the do’s and don’ts of query writing.  You will be walked through the process with real query examples for debridement, MI’s, urosepsis, CHF, BMI, and more.

Session IV: E&M Coding and Documentation for Hospital Coders
Learn the ins-and-outs of proper E&M code selection. Gain an understanding of the documentation requirements necessary to avoid denials. Changes on the horizon for 2019 and beyond.

Session V: E&M Coding and Documentation for Physician Offices
In the professional coding and billing setting, learn the importance of complete and accurate documentation for E&M code assignment. Changes on the horizon for 2019 and beyond.

This half-day seminar “Hot Topics in Employment Law III”, presented by Robyn L. Aversa, Esq. of Jackson Lewis, P.C., will address recent developments in employment law. Attendees can expect to receive updates on:

• Review of recent case law in light of passage of the N.J. Gender Equity Law

• The Law Against Discrimination Amendments regarding non-disclosure provisions

• LGBTQ matters in the workplace

• What you can do to overcome unconscious bias

Program Objectives

• To address complex coding issues that often challenge a coders understanding


• To offer participants an understanding of the what and why of complex procedures


• Participants will gain a solid foundation of the coding guidelines within each area and will learn how to completely and accurately code cases


• Participants will gain an understanding of how code assignment impacts the MS-DRG, as well as how to avoid system edits and denials

In each session, participants will ...
• Learn to recognize and understand clinical indicators
• Understand the link between coding and quality
• Learn to correctly code and query for quality of the record

Thinking Outside the Box: Bolstering Response Capabilities, Building Partnerships & Preparing for the Unexpected

Amy Herman will guide us through methods to change the way we look at and respond to events through The Art of Perception.

Sheri Fink, author of Five Days at Memorial and War Hospital, will share unique circumstances that challenge the way we prepare.

Ocean County Public Health Department's Mukesh Roy and Daniel Reyenye, with Dr. Hillel Peltz from CHEMED Health Center will discuss challenges, partnerships and best practices from their experiences during a measles outbreak.

Elya Baltazar and Rebecca Lis from Northwest Healthcare Response Network, will share their experiences working with community partners to increase medical surge capabilities and share a prepardness curriculum to build community resilience for a disaster.

Passions, and the deeper inner purpose from which they emanate, play a pivotal role in how leaders manage talent, the way teams work and communicate effectively, and how each member of an organization engages with the challenges of the business to achieve outstanding results. In today’s highly commoditized world, nurse leaders face challenges on leveraging not only the skills of their team, but also understanding and harnessing the passions of each individual in order to build and maintain a competitive edge and healthy workforce environment.

Every individual has gifts and talents that can make a lasting impact. However, only a minority of people utilize those gifts and talents to live up to their full potential. Tying your gifts and talents to research with your personal purpose and passion, not only leads to a more successful career, but a significant one.

Most organizations focus on skills and experience when developing top talent or creating teams, but overlook the important factor that determines long-term success. In a word, that factor is “passion.” If you ever thought about doing research but wondered whether you have the ability, this conference will provide the tools for novice and expert researchers to build and refine skills.

Join ONL NJ in exploring the elements for conducting research and how to ignite your passion to transform practice through research.

Program Objectives:

• To afford participants an overview of the most current issue of Coding Clinic


• To offer a platform to ensure that coders are aware of the most up to date advice


• an opportunity for discussion and questions related to the quarterly update