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18 Mark Scott, RN, HCS-D Named New Sales Director
PPS Plus Software is pleased to announce the promotion of Mark Scott to the position of sales director. Mark joined our company in 2004 as an account executive, overseeing sales and customer service in ten states across the country. In…...more
18 PPS Plus to Exhibit, Jennifer Warfield to Present at HCAF 2009 Annual Conference
PPS Plus Software representatives will travel to Orlando next week to take part in the Home Care Association of Florida's 2009 Annual Conference being held from June 22-26. The conference is expected to draw more than 300 attendees, exhibitors and…...more

16 PPS Plus Rolls in Biloxi Mardi Gras Parade Today
The PPS Plus staffers make their way toward Downtown Biloxi today to take part in Gulf Coast Carnival Association's 2009 Mardi Gras parade. The parade is scheduled to begin at 1 pm and will include more than 30 floats representing…...more
16 Jennifer Warfield Invited to Speak in Illinois and Oregon
Education Director, Jennifer Warfield, RN, BSN, HCS-D, COS-C has been invited to present at Illinois Homecare Council's (IHCC) 2009 Annual Conference and at the 2009 Oregon Association for Home Care (OAHC) Annual Conference. She will be presenting ICD-9 coding sessions…...more
09 Denise Burch Earns HCS-D Certification
Coding and OASIS consultant, Denise Burch, LPN, can now add HCS-D to her credentials after earning her homecare coding specialist (diagnosis) certification from the Board of Medical Specialty Coding. Denise is now among the clinicians on staff who can offer…...more
02 PPS Plus Software Moves Into New Headquarters
The PPS Plus Software offices moved into new company headquarters in Biloxi, Miss. on Friday, Jan. 30. The move is an exciting step for PPS Plus Software as the number of personnel and services have increased significantly since 2006. Although…...more

10 Coding Tip of the Month - March 2010
Coding Complicated Surgical Wounds
10 Version 6.0.0.25 Release Notes
by Brad HuffmanSoftware Development / IT Director Since the release of version 6 of PPS Plus - Home Health Edition, the technical team has been hard at work handling installations, support requests and customer suggestions. If you've had an opportunity…...more
05 M2250d: Depression Interventions on Plan of Care
by Ann Giles, RN, BSN, HCS-D, COS-C In my last blog post I discussed some strategies for answering M2250 correctly. I feel as if line item d needs special attention, as it is often scored incorrectly. The latest set of…...more
01 Is Your Agency Going to Receive a Slice of the Pie?
by Jennifer Warfield, RN, BSN, HCS-D, COS-C If you have been around home health at all in the past three to four years, there is no doubt that you have heard about P4P (pay for performance). P4P has been in…...more

19 Confusion with M2250
by Ann Giles, RN, BSN, HCS-D, COS-C One of the new OASIS-C items that is frequently answered incorrectly is M2250. One of the most helpful tips I have heard is to start on the right and work your way to…...more
17 Best Practices and Service Excellence In Action
by Lois Kinsella, RN, BSN, MS, HCS-D Through many years of practicing the profession of nursing, I have learned that one of the best ways to teach is through the process of story telling. So here is our story. The…...more
05 Reporting Closed Stage III and Stage IV Pressure Ulcers on OASIS-C
by Ann Giles, RN, BSN, HCS-D, COS-C With the implementation of OASIS-C, reporting of pressures ulcers has changed. Today, I want to focus on the reporting of closed stage III and stage IV pressure ulcers. These two stages of ulcers…...more
05 Five Revisions to OASIS-B1 Items You Need to Know for Success with OASIS-C
by Jennifer Warfield, RN, BSN, HCS-D, COS-C A large part of OASIS-C B1 was revised to reflect comments, suggestions and changes we have seen since its inception in 1999. With the exception of the process measures that were added to…...more
01 Coding Tip of the Month - February 2010
Abnormality of Gait vs. Difficulty in Walking

28 Detailed OASIS Review Now More Important than Ever
by Mark Scott, RN, HCS-D A detailed review of your OASIS data before submission has always been vitally important. Undetected coding and OASIS errors dramatically affect a homecare agency's reimbursement and outcome percentages. With the advent of OASIS-C we now…...more

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