CAHSAH is offering this important three-session audio series on How to get Referrals without Breaking the Law, with presenter Elizabeth Hogue. Elizabeth Hogue is an attorney in private practice with extensive experience in Healthcare. She gives approximately fifty presentations each year in health related topics, including future trends in the healthcare industry.
More ALFs/PCHs want a piece of the action. They are establishing their own homecare, hospice and therapy companies to serve residents of their facilities and are pressuring providers to work with them in ways that may not be legal. Is it appropriate, for example, for facilities to insist that providers must use facilities' therapists to provide therapy services to patients referred to them? What are the legal ramifications for both providers and therapists of so-called cross referral arrangements? What can providers do to establish and maintain relationships with facilities? Can they rent space? If so, under what circumstances? The purpose of this teleconference is to bring providers up to date on recent developments with regard to relationships with ALFs/PCHs. It will be helpful to Medicare certified agencies, private duty agencies, hospices, home medical equipment (HME) companies and therapists.
Physicians are still key referral sources. Recent issues confronted by providers include whether it is appropriate to assign a coordinator to physicians who make a lot of referrals. Under what circumstances is this arrangement allowed? What about physicians who write orders for specific providers? Must physicians honor patients' right to freedom of choice of providers? What about giving gifts to physicians and their staff members? Professional associations and state governments are cracking down. What do providers need to know about this trend? Issues related to use of physicians as Medical Directors will also be addressed. This presentation will be helpful to Medicare certified agencies, private duty agencies, hospices, home medical equipment (HME) companies and therapists.
Many providers doubt that they are getting a fair shake from hospitals. Freestanding providers may perceive that hospitals' post acute providers get all the referrals. Providers owned by hospitals may conclude that they are not getting their fair share of referrals. What are hospitals required to do with regard to referrals to post-acute providers? What can providers do to quickly and cost-effectively get more referrals? What about retaliation? Strategies that encourage establishment of positive referral relationships with hospitals will also be discussed. This presentation will be helpful to Medicare certified agencies, private duty agencies, hospices, home medical equipment (HME) companies and therapists.
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