Past Events

Richter to Present at the 2020 Financial Management Conference. The Financial Management Conference is the only conference designed specifically to meet the needs of financial professionals in home care and hospice, and this year it’s going virtual. On July 28 & 29, we will present 28 education sessions, taught by the most respected experts in the industry, and on July 27 & 30, the Virtual Expo will be open for business. Richter's own Deborah Collum, Manager of Home Health and…

Richter's Director of Revenue Cycle Management, Ken Voll presents Power of Analytics: How to Utilize Your Data to Improve Revenue Cycle Performance Summary The purpose of this session is to provide participants with information that will impact day to day revenue cycle operations through data analytics and development of key performance indicator (KPI) dashboards. This session is designed for management teams to understand how to create and maintain metrics essential to understanding revenue cycle performance and identifying potential complications. The…

Summary To prevent, detect, and mitigate harm related to medications, Long Term Post-Acute Care providers must have a robust medication review program. How does your organization perform medication reviews? What education is provided to staff administering medications? What processes are in place related to review of medications upon admission? The answers to these questions may prevent harm to residents in your facility. In this session we will review strategies to prevent, detect and mitigate harm related to medications. Ensuring your…

Summary Did you know that scientists from the University of Georgia estimate the number of bacteria on our planet to be five million trillion trillion? There are far more bacteria on earth than there are stars in the universe. Of those five million trillion trillion pathogens, approximately 1400 are human pathogens and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has classified 18 of these pathogens as having the potential to cause a global pandemic. Learn about each of these eighteen pathogens…

Summary Since you are reading this, you must have survived the implementation of PDPM this past October. Now that you have had a minute to catch your breath, it's time to take a closer look at PDPM and ensure that we are coding correctly for each of the five case-mix adjusted components. This session will break down each component and discuss the audit points you should be focusing on. Find out what to audit, how to audit, and why we…

Did you know that scientists from the University of Georgia estimate the number of bacteria on our planet to be five million trillion trillion? There are far more bacteria on earth than there are stars in the universe. Of those five million trillion trillion pathogens, approximately 1400 are human pathogens and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has classified 18 of these pathogens as having the potential to cause a global pandemic. Learn about each of these eighteen pathogens and…

The Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) that began in October 2019 has had a dramatic impact on the Medicare reimbursement and has resulted in significant changes in provider's operations. Join Richter's own Manager of Clinical Consulting, Jennifer Leatherbarrow, RN, BSN, RAC-CT, IPCO, QIP, CIC; Vice President, Maureen Hedrick; and MSL Senior Manager, Boris Kushnir for a panel discussion on some of the most common operational issues experienced and how provider's have adjusted to these challenges. CLICK HERE to Register  

Summary The first cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) on U.S. soil were reported in a 100-bed Washington State skilled nursing facility (SNF) on January 21, 2020. On January 22, only three of the facility’s full-time nursing professionals showed up for work. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) was compelled to bring contract staff to the facility to care for its residents. As the current crisis drags on, and with other potential pandemics/disasters on the horizon, SNFs of all sizes in all…