Educational Sessions: About Continuing Education Credits

The NAHC 30th Annual Meeting & Exposition Educational Sessions represent the most comprehensive selection of timely, quality programs on topics designed especially for the home care and hospice industry. NAHC offers more than 125 educational sessions during the NAHC 30th Annual Meeting & Exposition. Attendees can select a session from among multiple offerings in each of the eight series offered. Most sessions are 90 minutes long. They are grouped into nine major topics across a broad range of home care and hospice issues.

In the Final Program, we list the educational sessions in two ways:  

• Educational session – title and intended audience
• Educational session – title, date, and time with program description

Sessions by Audience

The vast array of educational programs are offered to address the needs of home health, hospice, and private duty providers. Certain programs will also appeal to clinical professionals. For your convenience, each educational session has been marked with an icon(s) (see below) that indicates what audience is targeted for the educational session.

Audience Key (Organizations and Clinicians):

Home Health Agencies
Hospices
Private Duty Agencies
Nurses
Therapists (PT, OT, SLP, MSW*, and therapy assistants)
Physicians

*MSWs are advised to carefully review program descriptions for applicability.

Sessions by Date & Time

This section is designed to assist you in selecting educational sessions that will meet your needs. Each session includes topic (track); session number; title of session; a short description; session faculty names with credentials, and affiliation.

Please note that many of the sessions are classified using more than one track. The first track listed is the primary topic, and any additional listings are secondary topics to be covered during the session.

2011 Program Topics (Tracks) Include:

Clinical Sponsored by McKesson
Financial Sponsored by Precision Medical Billing
Human Resources
Health Information Technology*
Quality Sponsored by Hopkins
Telehealth** Sponsored by Philips
Legal & Regulatory Sponsored by Beacon Health
Management & Leadership Sponsored by HealthWyse
Marketing & Business Development

* Health Information Technology programs address the use of computer hardware and software to manage health care information and data (e.g., EHRs/EMRs, PHRs, point-of-care solutions)

** Telehealth programs address the use of technology to exchange medical information from one site to another via electronic communication such as the telephone, videoconferencing, remote patient monitoring, and electronic medication supervision.

Policy Information

Continuing Education Credits

This provider-directed, continuing nursing education activity was submitted to the Maryland Nurses Association for approval to award contact hours. The Maryland Nurses Association is accredited as an approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

The approval code for the 30th Annual Meeting is N10-137-1001-802.

The Maryland Nurses Association and the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation does not endorse sponsor services or products. For questions, contact the Maryland Nurses Association at (410) 944-5800.

All education sessions are at least 90 minutes in length and are presented in group-live format. Education sessions applied for will offer 1.5 CEs for nurses, based on a 60-minute hour. The range of topics offers numerous educational opportunities for home care and hospice industry professionals. Nurses and physical therapists attendees can earn a maximum of 17.0 credits.

NAHC is also approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing (Provider number 10810).

An application has been submitted to the Nevada Physical Therapy Association for approval of continuing education credits for selected sessions for physical therapists. The selected Physical Therapy session numbers are: 114, 212, 317, 418, 615, 712, 714, 802, 813.

NAHC is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 700, Nashville, TN, 37219-2417. www.learningmarket.com

Educational sessions will offer 1.5 CPEs for accounting attendees, accountants can earn up to 17.0 CPE credits.

Fields of Study

Field of Study (FOS) is indicated following the CPE information for all accounting accredited sessions listed in this brochure.  The abbreviations are:

Business Management & Organization:  BMO
Computer Science:  CS
Finance:  FIN
Management Advisory Service:  MAS
Personal Development:  PHR
Regulatory Ethics:  RE
Social Environment of Business:  SEB
Specialized Knowledge Applications:  SKA

Prerequisites:  Knowledge of the subject area for CPE sessions with course level of intermediate or advanced.

No prerequisite for the basic or overview course level.

For more information or questions on prerequisites, or a complete list of CPE Fields of Study curriculum, go to www.learningmarket.com or contact the NAHC education department at (202) 547-7424.

Display of sponsors’ products does not imply endorsement by the National Association for Home Care & Hospice, Maryland Nurses Association or American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation of any commercial product.

CE Magnetic Stickers and Certificate Procedures

Your registration materials will include an RFID sticker attached to your name badge. To obtain CE credits, scan the sticker as you enter your desired sessions. Certificates will be available to participants following the conference at www.nahc.org. Please note the following CE policies:

• Name badges must be scanned before going into a session.
• Accountants must scan AND sign the sign-in sheet at each session to receive proper credits.
• To be eligible for CE credits, you must attend the entire session and submit an evaluation.
• If you exit the session prior to its conclusion, you will not be eligible for CE credits.
• You will not be eligible for CE credits if you arrive for the session more than 15 minutes after the scheduled start time, or if you exit the session prior to its conclusion.
• CEs will be available online shortly after the completion of the conference.

Disclaimer

The planners and sponsors of this conference claim liability neither for the acts of any suppliers to this meeting nor for the safety of any attendee while in transit to or from this event. The sponsors reserve the right to cancel this function or portions of it without penalty. The total amount for which the planners and sponsors may be liable will be limited to a refund of the registration fee. Your registration acknowledges acceptance of these provisions of registration for listed attendees and your company.

Cancellation and Refund Policy

Registration cancellations must be received in writing by September 14, 2011, in order to receive a 50 percent refund. Refunds will not be made for no-shows. For more information regarding administrative policies, contact NAHC at (202) 547-7424 or email us at registration@nahc.org.