Free Webinar: New Medicare Payment Systems – Obstacles to Accessing Covered Care

Thursday, March 26, 2020 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT

Presented in collaboration with California Health Advocates Senior Medicare Patrol.
Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) and Home Health Care Agencies (HHAs) are subject to new Medicare reimbursement systems that favor providing care to some types of patients over others by altering the profitability of various services, even though Medicare eligibility and coverage rules have not changed. This webinar will:

• Provide a brief overview of Medicare SNF and HHA Medicare coverage, including a discussion of the impact of COVID-19.
• Examine new Medicare payment systems for SNF (Patient Driven Payment Model or PDPM) and for HHA (Patient Driven Groupings Model or PDGM).
• Discuss the impact of PDPM and PDGM on access to Medicare covered services since implementation.
• Review practice tips and tools to access Medicare covered services.

This webinar will feature California Health Advocates SMP Volunteer Coordinator and Case Mgr. Sandy Morales, along with Center for Medicare Advocacy Associate Director, attorney Kathleen Holt and Center Senior Policy Attorney Toby S. Edelman.

• BONUS: In light of the COVID 19 Epidemic, we will also be joined by Office of the Inspector general Assistant Special Agent in Charge Robb Breeden and Special Agent Eric Panicucci to discuss the opportunistic scams enabled by this crisis.

Register at https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7158215826365982732