Clinician’s Report: Educational Programs

Hollister Wound Care Inc.

Website:: www.hollisterwoundcare.com Contact: 888-740-8999; leslie.rader@hollister.com Location: Libertyville, IL Founded:: 2006 Program Provided: ConnectEd® Learning Management System (LMS). Program Description: ConnectEd® Learning Management System is a comprehensive, interactive program that allows clinicians to customize their own educational catalog with evidence-based content. Deliver, track, and manage wound care education within your facility through your existing LMS or directly through the Internet.   The ConnectEd Learning Management System gives you the technology that can:     Deliver – critical educational requirements;     Track – individual progress and compliance;     Manage – wound care education through customizable learning libraries; and     Improve — Bottom line savings by helping to meet education requirements without disrupting required nurse-to-patient ratios. Target Audience:: Bedside nurses and wound care providers. For More Information: Contact a Hollister Wound Care representative by emailing leslie.rader@hollister.com, or visit www.hollisterwoundcare.com

Symposium on Advanced Wound Care

Website:: www.sawcspring.com; www.sawcfall.com Contact: HMP Communications LLC Location: Malvern, PA Founded:: 1987 Program Provided: SAWC Spring and SAWC Fall meetings. Program Description: As the nation’s top two interdisciplinary wound care conferences, SAWC Spring and SAWC Fall meetings provide a venue at which wound care clinicians can advance their knowledge and skills to work toward one common goal: decreasing the number and severity of wounds. With more than 130 clinical session offerings combined, SAWC provides the highest level of clinical education. SAWC hosts a major exhibition of products and services for wound care professionals to stay knowledgeable of the latest clinical advances in treatment options. Target Audience:: SAWC conferences are designed for physicians, nurses, physical therapists, researchers, podiatrists, and dietitians who are involved in wound healing or wound care issues. SAWC provides attendees who study and treat wounds with state-of-the-art reviews of clinical problems and research information. For More Information: SAWC meetings are multi-day meetings held in the spring and fall. To register or to learn more information, visit www.sawcspring.com or www.sawcfall.com or call 800-237-7285, ext. 233.

Wound Care Education Institute (WCEI)®

Website:: www.wcei.net Contact: Mike Grivas, CWCMS, vice president of business development; 877-462-9234; mike@wcei.net Location: Plainfield, IL Founded:: 2003 Program Provided: Skin and Wound Management Course Program Description: WCEI’s Skin and Wound Management Course is a 5-day wound care training seminar designed to provide participants with current evidence-based education in the areas of skin and wound management for licensed healthcare providers who plan to take both the skin and wound management course and the wound care certified (WCC)® exam from the National Alliance of Wound Care.® Target Audience:: Licensed healthcare providers holding any of the following credentials — MD, DO, DPM, PA, PT, PTA, OT, NP/APN, RN, LPN/LVN. For More Information: Call 877-462-9234; email Info@wcei.net; or visit www.wcei.net.

Wound Clinic Business (WCB)

Website:: www.woundclinicbusiness.com Contact: HMP Communications LLC Location: Malvern, PA Founded:: 1987 Program Provided: WCB meetings Program Description: The nation’s premier event devoted to managing the wound care and hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) revenue cycles for hospital-based outpatient departments (HOPDs) and physicians who work there. Each year, Andrea Clark, a nationally prominent health information management (HIM) expert, and Kathleen Schaum, MS, a nationally recognized wound care reimbursement expert, bring new information on reimbursement and payment policy changes for wound care, HBOT departments, and physicians. Investigate your revenue cycle team’s knowledge of the ideal operational processes by following a patient through initial access/registration, assessment with management documentation requirements, charge capture and diagnosis, and claim submission and payment. Then, further your team’s knowledge on how to conduct internal audits pertaining to wound care and HBOT, and why they’re needed. Target Audience:: Medical directors, physicians and podiatrists, non-physician practitioners, program directors, clinical managers, therapists, billing directors, charge description master directors, HIM directors, coders, office managers, corporate compliance officers, revenue integrity auditors, and hospital executives. For More Information: WCB meetings are 1-day regional meetings held in 8 cities around the US. You can learn more by visiting www.woundclinicbusiness.com or by calling 800-237-7285, ext. 233.