Positive Planning:
Arizona Discharge Planners
and Case Managers Meeting

August 18, 2004

To download the meeting materials, click on the links below:

Hospital Public Reporting
Suzanne Powell, RN, BSN, MBA, CPHQ, CCM, HSAG Director, Acute Care/QI Program

• Hospital Public Reporting Presentation  (PDF, 175K)
• Clinical Topics and Quality Indicators  (PDF, 486K)
• Discharge Instructions: FAQs for QIOs  (PDF, 917K)

Working with Hospitalists
Karen Jeselun, RN, BSN, Administrator, Arizona Home Care

• Working with Hospitalists Presentation  (PDF, 306K)
• Admission Form  (PDF, 68K)
• Discharge  Form  (PDF, 74K)
• Results of AAHC Survey  (PDF, 63K)
• Final Algorithm  (PDF, 21K)

Compare Care: Deciding on Nursing Home and Home Health Care
Marianne Canady, RN, MA, CPHQ, CCM, HSAG Director, Sub Acute/QI Program

• Compare Care Presentation  (PDF, 2,603K)
• Medicare Quality Indicators  (PDF, 537K)
• Nursing Home Checklist  (PDF, 27K)
• Nursing Home Compare Article  (PDF, 161K)
• Home Health Compare Article  (PDF, 167K)

HINNs and NODMARs
Ardie Ostrom, RHIT, CCS, CPHQ, HSAG Manager, Federal Case Review

• HINNs and NODMARs Presentation  (PDF, 158K)
• HINN Letters  (PDF, 1,964K) See pages 204 - 231.
• Notice of Medicare Non-Coverage  (PDF, 23K)

State and Medicare Regulations for Discharge Planning
Kathy McCanna, RN, BSN, CPHQ, ADHS Program Manager, Medical Facilities Licensing

• State and Medicare Regulations for Discharge Planning Presentation  (PDF, 295K)

Implications of Grijalva and the Fast Track Appeal
Linda Schoenbeck, RN, BS, CCM, HSAG Director, Utilization Services

• Implications of Grijalva and the Fast Track Appeal Presentation  (PDF, 96K)

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