AHCC Talk

AHCC Talk

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AHCC Talk episodes

  • Top home health and hospice denials

    On this episode, the panel discusses the top denials in home health and hospice coding, as well as how to prevent them at your agency.

    This episode's panel includes:

    • Jan Milliman, HCS-D, Director of AHCC
    • Robert Markette Jr., JD, CHC, HCS-C, Attorney with Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, P.C.
    • Claudia Baker, RN, MHA, HCS-D, HCS-O, Senior Manager with SimiTree
      • 32 min
    • Hospice coding and its nuances

      On this episode, the panel discusses hospice coding per listener request.

      This episode's panel includes:

      • Jan Milliman, HCS-D, Director of AHCC
      • Kelly Kavanaugh, RN, HCS-D, HCS-H, HCS-O, BCHH-C, Quality Assurance Specialist for Riverside Home Health and Hospice
      • Nanette Minton, RN, HCS-D, HCS-H, HCS-O, Senior Clinical Coding Manager with MAC Legacy
        • 35 min
      • Understanding the 2024 ICD-10 changes to respiratory conditions

        On this episode, the panel discusses the 2024 ICD-10 changes to respiratory conditions that have been confusing to coders.

        This episode's panel includes:

        • Jan Milliman, HCS-D, Director of AHCC
        • Kelly Kavanaugh, RN, HCS-D, HCS-H, HCS-O, BCHH-C, Quality Assurance Specialist for Riverside Home Health and Hospice
        • Nanette Minton, RN, HCS-D, HCS-H, HCS-O, Senior Clinical Coding Manager with MAC Legacy
          • 29 min
        • Clinician safety in the home

          On this episode, the panel discusses workplace violence prevention and clinician safety in the home.

          This episode's panel includes:

          • Elise Christensen, RN, HCS-D, COS-C, Coding Manager, Hartford Healthcare
          • Kelly Kavanaugh, RN, HCS-D, HCS-H, HCS-O, BCHH-C, Quality Assurance Specialist for Riverside Home Health and Hospice
          • Robert Markette, JD, CHC, HCS-C, Attorney with Hall, Render, Killian, HEath, and Lyman, P.C.
          • Arlene Maxim, RN, HCS-C, with A.D. Maxim Holdings, LLC
          • Nanette Minton, RN, HCS-D, HCS-H, HCS-O, Senior Clinical Coding Manager with MAC Legacy
            • 31 min
          • OIG's report on unreported falls among home health patients

            On this episode, the panel discusses OIG's recent report concerning unreported falls among home health patients.

            This episode's panel includes:

            • Jan Milliman (Host of AHCC Talk, HCS-D, Director of AHCC)
            • Sharon Harder (President of C3 Advisors, LLC)
            • Arlene Maxim (RM, HCS-C with A.D. Maxim Holdings, LLC)

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              29 min
            • Get a walkthrough of the new decision tree the BMSC committee has created

              On this episode, two members of the AHCC Documentation Committee (Apryl Swafford and Ashley Benson) walk us through a new decision tree the committee created to help agencies with the process of determining whether a patient is appropriate to continue receiving home health or should be discharged.

              This episode's panel includes:

              • Jan Milliman (HCS-D, Director, AHCC)
              • Ashley Benson (RN, COQS, CHHCM, HCS-D, LSSGB, Home Health and Hospice Consultant)
              • Apryl Swafford (RN, BSN, COS-C, HCS-D, HCS-H)
                • 33 min
              • A panel discussion with the 2023 AHCC Achievement Award winners

                This week's episode is a panel discussion with the 2023 AHCC Achievement Award winners!

                This episode's panel includes:

                • Jan Milliman (HCS-D, Director, AHCC)
                • Arlynn Hansell (PT, HCS-D, HCS-H, HCS-O, COS-C, Director of Education, Retiree Extraordinaire, Coding and OASIS Division with SimiTree)
                • Celeste Miller (RN, BS, HCS-D, COS-C, Director of Operations with Oracle - Billing, Coding, Consulting)
                • Nanette Minton (RN, HCS-D, HCS-H, HCS-O, Senior Clinical Coding Manager, MAC Legacy)
                  • 30 min
                • Let's discuss the HH PPS Proposed Rule and Coding Summit highlights

                  Join us as we continue our discussion of the HH PPS Proposed Rule. We also share some highlights from this year's Home Health Coding Summit.

                  This episode's panel includes:

                  • Jan Milliman (HCS-D, Director, AHCC)
                  • Arlene Maxim (PT, HCS-D, HCS-H, HCS-O, COS-C, Director of Education, Coding and OASIS Division, for SimiTree)
                  • Claudia Baker (RN, MHA, HCS-D, HCS-O, Senior Manager, SimiTree​)
                  • Nanette Minton (RN, HCS-D, HCS-H, HCS-O, Senior Clinical Coding Manager, MAC Legacy)
                    • 27 min

                  About AHCC Talk

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                  Join advisory board members from the Association of Home Care Coding & Compliance for a monthly update on diagnosis coding, OASIS and HOPE assessment data collection, and the documentation issues that matter most in home health and hospice.