Training Video Available

A video of a training presentation broadcast via satellite and Web cast by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is now available from the National Technical Information Service. Designed for home health care staff and regional and state agencies, the program's goal was to provide a better understanding on the current state of science in wound care, accurate coding for OASIS wound items, and required assessments between day 55 and 60.

Presenters and their topics for the broadcast included: Dorothy Doughty, MSN, RN, FNP, WOCN, FAAN, a leader in wound care management and director of the Wound Ostomy Continence Nursing Education Center at Emory University, "State of Science in Wound Care Management"; Kathryn Crisler, MS, RN, Assistant Director of Center for Health Services and Policy Research, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, and Mary Weakland, MS, RN, Nurse Consultant for the Division of Continuing Care Services, Center for Medicare & State Operations, "Accurate Coding for OASIS Wound Items"; and Carol Blackford, Deputy Director of Division of Community Post-Acute Care, Center for Medicare Management, "Required Assessments with SCIC after Inpatient Stay Between Day 55 and 60."

Information: http://www.ntis.gov