Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:
1|Learn the basics of Home Health's Conditions of Participation (COPs)
2|Learn what is covered under the Home Health benefit
3|Understand the requirements for physician orders and to identify Medicare's definition of Homebound

Faculty

Kimberly Cushing RN, WCC, COQS
Clinical Nurse Education Coordinator
Baystate Home Health
30 Capital Drive
West Springfield, MA 01089

Faculty Disclosure

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education (CE) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options. Any relevant financial relationships are mitigated prior to the educational activity.

None of the planners or faculty for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.                                                         

Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Baystate Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

Physicians
Baystate Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category1 Credit(s)^TM
Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses
This activity carries a maximum of 1.0 contact hour(s).
Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.