TOPIC

Interest Level

RANK TOP 5

1 (MIN)

2(MOD)

3 (HIGH)

Practice management issues

3

6

14

5

Billing and documentation

3

19

12

Information systems

7

6

9

3

Advanced portable diagnostic and therapeutic technologies

2

6

14

4

Ethics and home-based care

2

12

8

3

Palliative care

3

8

12

6

Interdisciplinary care

13

9

In-home procedures

3

8

12

5

Provider safety

8

8

7

Specialist care in the home

7

16

9

Wound care

3

5

15

9

Working with case managers

3

13

4

2

Elder abuse and neglect

3

13

7

1

In-home language translation

3

13

4

1

Bringing trainees into the home

4

9

6

1

Psychiatric issues

9

13

4

Bereavement

4

8

10

4

Caregiver support

1

8

13

4

Community resources

2

18

5

Other: HOME EQUIPMENT

2

Other: COVERAGE WHEN AWAY FROM PRACTICE

1

Other: MEDICAL CHARTING

1

Other: ELECTRONIC RECORDS

1

Other: HOW TO HELP PATIENTS RECEIVE HHA (NON-MEDICAID)

Other: JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN HOME CARE

1

Recommended by

Name

Affiliation

Topic

Pat Bloom

Andrea Fox, MD

U of Pittsburgh

Any number of topics- has been in the field for years

Pat Bloom

Melinda Fontz, MD

MSH/ Jewish Home

Treatment of Depression

Marina Burke

Terry Fulmer

NYU Nursing

Elder abuse and neglect

Marina Burke

Mathy Mezey

NYU Nursing

Palliative care and geriatrics

Self

Andrew Lyons

Operations, Documentation, Gadgets

Andrew Lyons

Any

Empire Medicare

Billing, CPO, HC certs

Jan Maby

AAHCP President

Current/past

Maureen Meehan

Wound Care Specialist

Self

Denis Tarrant, NP

Private practice

Medicare Policy

Lekkha Mehtu

Medicare Representative

Eligibility/coding/billing

Shoshanna Korn-Meyer

Debbie Drelich

Hebrew Home for the Aged

Private geriatric care management

Self

P. Ravichandra

Office design and practice