Start Date: 7/16/2020 11:30 AM EDT
End Date: 7/16/2020 1:00 PM EDT
Organization Name:
Ohio Council for Home Care and Hospice
Contact:
This webinar will help you understand and develop best practices around hiring and managing Home Health Aids in your agency.
OBJECTIVES:
- Outline the steps that are taken to hire a home health aide.
- Understand the Medicare Condition of Participation (CoPs) choices to qualify individuals to be Home Health Aides.
- Discuss the similarities and differences between Medicare regulations and the Medicaid programs’ (Departments of Aging, Developmental Disabilities, and Medicaid) choices to qualify to be an aide.
- Describe best practices to use for completing aide competency testing that includes a written test and return skills demonstration competency.
Presenter:
Beth Foster, RN, BA, CPHQ,
CEHCH is Director of Regulatory Affairs for the Ohio Council for Home Care and Hospice. Her home care career began in 1989 as a visiting nurse, progressing into other positions including aide/intake coordinator, hospital system liaison, clinical care manager and director. Previously she served as an Ohio Dept. of Health Surveyor for all provider types including Home Care & Hospice.
Registration Fee:
OCHCH Members - $40 per agency
Non-Members - $85