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• Career Placement

  • Start
    Friday, January 01, 2021
  • End
    Friday, December 31, 2021
  • Location
    Maryland-National Capital Homecare Association

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  Are you looking to fill a vacancy?

  
  The Maryland-National Capital Homecare Association offers Career Placement to connect you with your new hire. MNCHA members can post a career placement for $69 per posting; the nonmember fee is $99 per career placement. Payment must be received, in full, before we post a career placement to this website.
  

  Simply register and pay for the career placement online. Then, send the career placement to Info@mncha.org in an email or as an email attachment. An attached file must be an original file [IE: Microsoft Word]. The career placement will remain online for 30-days, but can be renewed for an additional 30-days at the same rate.
  

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• Advertising - Emails and Website

  • Start
    Friday, January 01, 2021
  • End
    Saturday, January 01, 2022

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  Promote your business to our homecare community!

  Website Listings

  A website listing includes a high-res company logo, 50-word company description and link to sponsor’s website. Please email your company logo and 50-word description to info@mncha.org.

  Daily Email Sponsorship

  MNCHA has been producing daily emails for the Homecare Industry since the start of the pandemic. These emails are sent to our entire database every weekday with pertinent resources and information to help the Homecare Industry. Sponsorship of the daily email would include a banner advertisement [600 px X 125 px] and any resources you would like to share (active links are allowed; total of less than 200 words). If you are interested in sponsoring a daily email or would like to see a sample of a sponsored daily email, please contact us at info@mncha.org.

  e-Newsletter Advertisements

  The MNCHA e-Newsletter is published quarterly – January, April, July, and October. Advertisements are due by the 15th of the month prior to publication. Please email the appropriately sized advertisement in PNG or PDF format to info@mncha.org.

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• What Coders Need to Understand about Case Mix Changes for CY2022

  • When
    Tuesday, December 14, 2021
  •  
    10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
  • Location
    Virtual

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  In collaboration with the Connecticut Association for Healthcare at Home

  Final Rule CY 2022 made significant changes to the PDGM Comorbidity Adjustment Subgroups.  The increase of subgroups under the low adjustment has increased from 13 to 30 subgroups (57% increase) and the high comorbidity adjustment interactions increased from 31 to 87 subgroups (64% increase).   What does this mean for coding?  It means that many more codes could yield payment adjustments and coding needs to be accurate to receive appropriate reimbursement and avoid upcoding. 
  
  Be there to listen to practical advice and exercise your coding skills with Test Your Knowledge cases highlighting the changes.

  Program Objectives:

  • Understand the coding changes for the low comorbidity subgroups
         * Changing from 13 to 20 subgroups
         * Learn what ICD-10-CM codes are now part of the low comorbidity
           adjustment: Additional Circulatory, Musculoskeletal, Neoplasms, Neuro 
           & Respiratory subgroups included
  • Understand the high comorbidity adjustment interactions for 2022
         * Changing from 31 to 87 code group interactions
         * Review of common interactions which increase payment
         * Increased options for interactions with sequelae of cerebral infarction;
           behavioral health with neuro or skin; circulatory diagnoses with skin,
           neuro musculoskeletal; more interactions endocrine diagnoses: New
           subgroups interactions including Infectious, Musculoskeletal, Respiratory,
           Alzheimer’s disease
  • Learn which codes were reassigned to a different comorbidity group for 2022
         * Some changes include diabetic autonomic polyneuropathy, delirium,
           specific types of polyneuropathies
  • Test Your Knowledge cases utilized

  Audience:

  This is a necessary topic for Coders, QAPI Reviewers, Compliance, Revenue Cycle Team.
  

  Presenters:

  Joan Usher, BS, RHIA, HCS-D, ACE, President, JLU Health Record Systems is a nationally recognized AHIMA Approved ICD-10-CM trainer and certified Home Care Coding Specialist – Diagnosis coder from the Association of Home Care Coding and Compliance (AHCC).   Joan has a degree in Health Information Management and has been a home health consultant for over 30 years. She has educated more than 25,000 people in nationwide on coding.  Joan is past president of the Massachusetts Health Information Management Association (MaHIMA) and active member of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).  Usher is a Board of Director of Hospice & Palliative Care of MA and a past Board of Director Home Care Alliance of MA.  Joan's webinars consistently earn outstanding reviews from participants.
  

  Cost:

  $125// MNCHA member
  $150// Non-members

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• The Direct Care Workforce in Maryland

  • When
    Tuesday, December 14, 2021
  •  
    1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    Webinar
  • Registered
    35 registrants

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  Findings from a Statewide Survey
  

  Join Dr. Chanee Fabius from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health who will present her findings from a statewide survey of Maryland-based residential service agency administrators conducted between February and June 2021. Findings will include information about agency characteristics, challenges and supports related to caring for people with dementia, and experiences related to navigating the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
  

  About the Speaker
  

  Dr. Chanee Fabius is a gerontologist and health services researcher whose interests are informed by prior care management experience, where she worked with families to help older adults remain at home and delay the need for nursing home care. She is interested in: (1) better understanding networks of care used by older people and how those may vary by race and socioeconomic status, (2) examining the effect of community-based LTSS utilization on quality of life and health service utilization across diverse groups of older adults, and (3) strengthening the direct care workforce that provides services and supports to vulnerable older adults. She completed a two-year AHRQ-funded T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research at the Brown School of Public Health in 2018. She earned her PhD in Human Development and Family Studies from the University of Connecticut in 2016.
  
  

  Cost

  • This program is free for all but registration is required to receive the log-in information. 

  
  

  Click HERE to register.

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• Annual Meeting 2022

  • When
    Tuesday, May 03, 2022
  •  
    8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Turf Valley Resort, 2700 Turf Valley Rd, Ellicott City, MD 21042
  • Registered
    27 registrants

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  Although MNCHA was excited about a face-to-face meeting in fall 2021, the safety of our members, sponsors, and patients, took precedence. Out of an abundance of caution, we made the difficult decision to postpone the Annual Meeting scheduled for October 20, 2021.
  
  The MNCHA Board is now pleased to announce that we are able to offer this rescheduled fully in-person program for Tuesday, May 3, 2022. We hope that you will join us when we reconvene live for professional development, learning and networking among colleagues and friends. Read on to learn more about our program and sponsors!
  

  
  About the Keynote Session & Speaker

  The Power of Resilience Challenge, change, and chaos has become the order of the day in our personal and professional lives. So how can you meet them head on and bounce back better and stronger rather than being overwhelmed? Donna will show you how to foster strategies to respond positively to change, adversity and stress while developing a sense of mastery, confidence, and personal power. Learn to turn challenges that threaten to knock us to the ground into the building blocks we need to become more successful, more joyful, and ultimately, more alive.

  Donna Cardillo, RN, CSP, FAAN is known as The Inspiration Nurse.  She is a powerhouse of energy, wisdom, and humor who has been referred to as a positive force of nature who lights a path for others to follow. She is the original “Dear Donna” columnist at Nurse.com. Her accomplished career combines over 25 years of clinical, managerial, and business experience, not to mention her stint as a professional singer. Donna is author of four books including the award-winning Falling Together: How to Find Balance, Joy, and Meaningful Change When Your Life Seems to be Falling Apart. She is a life-long Jersey Girl with attitude and chutzpah to spare!

  
  About the Turf Valley Resort
  

  The beauty and serenity of Central Maryland beckons you to relax at the scenic resort, located in the Baltimore-Washington region. Surrounded by 1,000 acres and immaculate fairways, the alluring golf resort exudes a quiet charm and an inviting ambiance for events, vacations, retreats and family getaways. Play championship golf, rejuvenate at the luxurious spa, relax by the outdoor pool,
  and savor the local flavors at the American Fusion restaurant. Turf Valley is an ideal destination for corporate meetings, team building, golf tournaments and romantic weddings. Stay, meet, play and relax at Turf Valley Resort, your everyday getaway in beautiful Ellicott City, MD.
  

  Parking is free at Turf Valley Resort.
  
  Accommodations

  Annual Meeting attendees can make overnight reservations at Turf Valley by calling the resort directly by dialing 410-465-1500 or 1-888-833-8873. Or if guests prefer they can make reservation online at turfvalley.com/reservations and use group code 28B2BO.

  
  Registration Fees
  Member - $269 // Non-Member - $299
  
  
  Annual Meeting Sponsorship Opportunities

  Cultivate and enhance your business relationships with homecare decision makers! This one-day exhibit event will provide you with face-to-face interactions and brand awareness with a dynamic group of leaders.
  
  

  Register to sponsor or exhibit at the Annual Meeting!

  Thank you to our Sponsor!

  

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