American College of Healthcare Trustees Presents Webinar “COVID-19 Compliance Changes and Challenges” for the Post-Acute Care Continuum


The post-acute care continuum is facing unprecedented challenges in keeping up with the rapidly changing regulatory landscape, caused largely by regulator reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic

Post-acute organizations need to do strategic compliance program planning now to avoid adverse survey outcomes. Heightening awareness through concise and consistent messaging, strong policies and procedures and staff training are key to lessening the impact of adverse survey outcomes post PHE.

The American College of Healthcare Trustees (ACHT), a national professional association that promotes good governance, leadership, and decision making in healthcare, will present a webinar “Post COVID-19 Compliance Changes and Challenges” on Thursday, June 25, 2020 at 5pm EDT. Registration is free, but required: https://bit.ly/ComplianceACHT.

The webinar, given by two experts in compliance, privacy, and operations, will offer important insights on how doctors’ practices, hospitals, home care, and others along the continuum of care can survive in the post-COVID world. Webinar participants will learn:

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) directional change
  • Where to focus compliance efforts
  • Become familiar with the waivers that facilitated the change

The webinar will deliver meaningful insights into CMS’ enactment of the Medicare temporary roll-back of regulations directly impacting the post-acute continuum, including in these areas:

  • Telehealth
  • Operations
  • Staffing and Supervision
  • Documentation

“Post-acute organizations need to do strategic compliance program planning now to avoid adverse survey outcomes,” said Kristine Tomzik, RN, MBA, BSN, CHC, CCEP, CHPC, CFE. “Heightening awareness through concise and consistent messaging, strong policies and procedures and staff training are key to lessening the impact of adverse survey outcomes post PHE.”

“The post-acute care continuum is facing unprecedented challenges in keeping up with the rapidly changing regulatory landscape, caused largely by regulator reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Cheryl Ben-David, PT, DPT, CHC, CRC, CPC, CDC. “The pandemic exposed gaps in our healthcare delivery system, painfully evident in the Nursing Home sector. Challenge brings opportunities for innovative partnerships and program development, like the expanded use of Telehealth. Likely, other temporary roll-backs will remain, which will change the healthcare delivery system as we know it.”

Compliance is an important component of the ACHT Curriculum. “We are proud to have two people of the expertise and stature of Ms. Tomzik and Dr. Ben-David conducting this webinar,” said David Levien, MD, MBA, FACS, President and CEO of ACHT. “Ms. Tomzik is the American College of Healthcare Trustees Fellow. Supporting and promoting the impressive work our Fellows are doing is part of ACHT’s mission.”

This webinar is a must attend for Skilled Nursing Care, Home Health and Hospice Administrators, Post-Acute Services Vice Presidents, Compliance Officers, Chief Nursing Officers, Chief Administrative Officers, Chief Operating Officers, Chief Executive Officers and Board of Directors Compliance or Audit Committee members.

Date: Thursday, June 25, 2020 at 5pm EDT

Webinar Registration: https://bit.ly/ComplianceACHT

About ACHT

The American College of Healthcare Trustees (ACHT) is a national professional association dedicated to promoting high performing, competent, qualified, ethical governance and leadership in healthcare that is person-centered and accountable by providing continuing education, resources, and networking.

Become a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Trustees now: https://bit.ly/joinACHT.

About the Experts

Kristine Tomzik, RN, MBA, BSN, CHC, CCEP, CHPC, CPHQ, CFE, has over 25 years of healthcare consulting experience specializing in healthcare compliance, healthcare privacy and operations for skilled home health, home based care, and hospice providers. Kristine can be reached kristine@tomzikconsulting.com

Dr. Cheryl Ben-David is a licensed physical therapist, and certified as a CHC, CRC, CPC, and CDC, who brings over two decades of experience, having worked in the highly regulated environment of healthcare within the US, providing litigation support & investigations with a focus on Compliance across the post-acute continuum and durable medical equipment suppliers, documentation integrity, billing, reimbursement, pharmaceutical promotion and privacy. A subject matter expert across rehab service delivery and operational enhancements including physical therapy (PT), occupational therapy (OT), and Speech Language Pathology (SLP).

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