The Workers Compensation Board is offering new resources to assist in the transition to Form CMS-1500, which will streamline medical billing and reduce the paperwork requirements currently in the workers compensation system.
To help you prepare, the Board has developed a training video to show health care providers, and all others who will be using Form CMS-1500, how to use the form and the required narrative reports to bill for their services to workers compensation patients.
Next week, the Board is also holding two follow-up Q&A webinars so that you can get answers to any questions you may have after viewing the training video and reading the CMS-1500 FAQ's on the Board s website.
With that in mind, we encourage you to view the training video before attending one of the webinars. As you view the training video, take note of questions that come up so that you ll be prepared for the Q&A webinar. This will enable you to take full advantage of both resources.
To view the training video, follow this link: CMS-1500 Training Video
The webinars will be held next week on:
September 17, 2019 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Register Here September 18, 2019 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Register Here
In the meantime, please see CMS-1500 Initiative and the CMS-1500 FAQ for information.
Please direct questions to CMS1500@wcb.ny.gov
The HBA Rochester affiliate has been founded to support the
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and advancing women in healthcare. Join us at our first networking
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resilience in our careers from esteemed guest, Rebecca Leclair. Take
an opportunity to network with like-minded professionals in
healthcare and learn about what HBA can offer you.
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University of Rochester Medical Center Department of Psychiatry, Division of Collaborative Care & Wellness
Rochester Behavioral Health Integration
4th Annual Symposium
The Economics of BH Integration
Opportunities to Improve Care While Addressing Social Determinants of Health
Friday, October 25, 2019
8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Hilton Garden Inn
30 Celebration Dr. Rochester, NY 14620
We are pleased to announce this year’s symposium which will focus on the economic opportunities of integrating behavioral health into the medical setting and strategically deploying value added, integrated and financially sustainable BH services designed to improve the health of individuals and decrease disparities in care for populations in our area.
The Keynote Address will be entitled:
Integrating BH in Medical Settings; A Value Proposition
By Stephen P. Melek, FSA, MAAA
Principal, Consulting Actuary
Denver Health Practice, Milliman
Keynote Address – Steve Melek, FSA, MAAA
Steve’s area of expertise include healthcare product development, management and financial analyses. He has advised HMOs, PPOs, Managed Care Organizations, ACOs and health insurance companies on integrated care. He has published research reports for Milliman and others on behavioral healthcare.
Other presenters include:
Daniel Maeng, PhD – Health Economist, presenting on the Impact of Behavioral health Integration and Healthcare Utilization and cost: Experiences and evidence for our community.
Catherine Holland, MBA, BSN, RN –Director of Health Home Care Management at URMC and will present on integrated health home care management & the quadruple aim: improving outcomes in our community.
AnneMarie White, Ed.D. – Executive Director of Children’s Institute. Her presentation is entitled: Health happens where you live: Community system strengthening and holistic health and wellness.
We invite you to participate in the third offering of an expanded patient safety course – nearly all of the topics in the prior course given in spring 2018 and earlier years will be covered in redesigned sessions plus we will have additional content on improvement and achieving high reliability.
The faculty of the Division of Healthcare Management in the Department of Public Health Sciences are pleased to offer this free and innovative program on improvement science. This is a “mini” certificate course designed specifically for health care professionals, trainees, and students from medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, hospital administration, and health services research.
Course Content The program, designed to increase your knowledge of how to improve healthcare quality and safety and to educate you on the latest theories on improvement science, consists of 11 sessions addressing topics such as leadership’s role in nurturing a culture of high reliability, an understanding of the science of errors and safety, the model for improvement in clinical practice, identification of “measures that matter” in healthcare, teamwork and communication techniques, performance improvement tools, ways to create a safer medication system, the challenges of health literacy and patient diversity, event reporting systems, designing care for to maximize value and safety, the impacts of information technology and safety, safety in clinical research and the business case for safety.
Registration Information
The registration deadline for the Rochester Improvement Science Education (RISE) Certificate Program is Saturday, September 21. Sessions will begin on Thursday, September 5, 2019, and will be offered an average of twice per month on Thursdays, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. There is no fee for this course. Course materials will be available online.
Existing MyPath/Achieve Users: Please refer to the attached instructions to register for the course.
New to MyPath? Click here to create an account and begin the registration process.
Parking Information
Parking fees will be the responsibility of the registrant. A light snack will be provided beginning at 5pm.
Program Completion Successful completion of the program involves attendance at a minimum of 8 sessions. Those who successfully complete the program will receive a certificate of participation from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. Physicians, dentists, nurses, dental assistants, hygienists, pharmacists, radiology technologists and social workers will be eligible for up to a maximum of 16.5 hours of continuing education credits. For social workers, partial credit for this multi-part course may not be awarded. Learner must attend all parts in order to earn the certificate for contact hours. Physicians should note that medical staff privileges at SMH and HH, as well as participation in BCBS managed care products (including Blue Choice) require 50 hours of CME per year. Physicians insured through UR and MCIC Vermont for malpractice insurance will be eligible for a reduced premium through the premium differential program. Please see the attached documents for further information. If you are unable to access any of the attachments, please feel free to contact Judy Hughes at 275-7712 or by email at judy_hughes@urmc.rochester.edu for another email version or fax copy. The materials are also available at the Quality and Safety Intranet Page for those who can access the URMC intranet and here for those who cannot: Healthcare Quality - Hospital Quality, Safety, and Service - University of Rochester Medical Center
Don’t miss this opportunity to promote improvement science and patient safety by learning about the science, tools, and strategies for achieving safer patient care.
More Links:
Registration Instructions for Existing MyPath Users.pdf
Class Schedule_RISE_Fall_Final.pdf
Faculty List_Revised v3 Final 8 13 19.pdf
Patient Safety Program Announcement_RISE 8 12 19.pdf
Project ECHO® Eating Disorders is an ongoing, twice-monthly web-based learning series providing case-based learning and brief lectures to build providers’ capacity to better serve people with eating disorders and their families in their home communities. The 90-minute sessions (first and third Tuesdays from 12:00 – 1:30 p.m.) promote evidence-based strategies and best practice guidelines for working with patients at all levels of care and support ongoing mentorship and interdisciplinary relationship building and care coordination. Sessions are cost-free, as are CME hours and social work CEUs for participants.
For additional information, please go to: www.nyeatingdisorders.org/echo.html
To register for this series, please go to: http://bit.ly/ECHOEDOREG
There is also a parallel ECHO® series for all disciplines of K-12 school staff, focused on prevention, identification and support for children and adolescents with eating disorders and their families. More information on that series: http://www.nyeatingdisorders.org/sb-echo.html
For ECHO-related questions, please contact: Jim_Witmer@URMC.Rochester.edu
On Friday, October 4, the NYS Comprehensive Care Centers for Eating Disorders, sponsored by the NYS Department of Health, will present a first-of-its-kind statewide conference featuring experts from New York’s three centers of excellence in eating disorder care and research. Presenters will represent Albany Medical College, the University of Rochester Medical Center, Syracuse University and New York-Presbyterian Hospital, among others.
This day-long conference, to be held in Syracuse, has been developed by an interdisciplinary team to educate providers from the many disciplines who work with these patients and their families, including primary and family care physicians, psychiatry and behavioral health clinicians, dietitians, care managers, nurses, creative arts therapists, life coaches, etc. All interested practitioners are welcome to attend.
The conference website, www.nyeatingdisorders.org/NYSCCCED-2019-Conference.html provides all of the details of the conference, including information about the program, the presenters, the location, and more.
Registration for the conference can be filled out at: urson.us/EDOConf2019
The registration fee is just $20; light breakfast and lunch will be provided and CME and social work CEUs will be available at no extra cost.
Please contact EDOConference@URMC.Rochester.edu with any other questions.
The Board will also hold two follow-up Q&A webinars so that you can get answers to any questions you may have after viewing the training video and reading the CMS-1500 FAQ on the Board s website.
The webinars will be held on:
TRNDS is a one-day symposium on emerging novel therapeutic technologies that are creating new and rapidly expanding treatment options for patients with rare neurological disorders. TRNDS is hosted and organized by the University of Rochester, a national leader in rare disease research and therapeutic development.
September 13, 2019
7:30 am – 4:00 pm
University of Rochester Saunders Research Building 265 Crittenden Boulevard Rochester, NY 14620
To register, click here.
