Continuing Education Sessions

Session 16 | Integrating Telehealth into Clinical Practice

Day: Monday, July 26
Time: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Type/Topic: Legal/Regulatory/Survey
Level: Advanced

Session Summary

Fine tune your team to help integrate telehealth into your daily clinical practice. Hear from leaders in long term care that are consistently and successfully navigating the increase in utilization and compliance that surrounds telehealth. The valuable training guidance will last past the current COVID-19 pandemic and help ensure you are maximizing the opportunities available.

Presenters

Hazel Mahoney

Chief Compliance Officer | Facility Support Company

About the Presenter

Hazel Mahoney has been a Registered Nurse since 1978, training originally in England, working in the Middle East and then moving to Florida in 1990. She has worked in hospitals, long term care facilities and physician provider organizations in various capacities. Hazel completed her BA in Health Administration through the University of Dundee distance learning program in 2012. She was a Licensed Healthcare Risk Manager in Florida until the recent discontinuation of the licensure in 2018. Hazel has developed, implemented and monitored clinical risk management programs for three long term care companies in Florida, moving into Compliance in 2013. In 2014 Hazel achieved certification in Health Care Compliance and Health Care Privacy Compliance. She has developed, implemented, and now oversees, comprehensive Ethics and Compliance Programs for different operating companies which meet OIG guidelines.

Risty Smith

Compliance Officer | Greystone Healthcare Management

About the Presenter

Risty Smith, OTR/L, CHC is the Compliance Officer at Greystone Healthcare Management. His experience includes building compliance programs for multi-state rehabilitation, skilled nursing, home health, hospice, private duty nursing, assisted living, and durable medical equipment providers. He is a contributing member of the Florida Healthcare Association Risk & Compliance Council. He has placed a special emphasis on establishing and maintaining HIPAA/HITECH complaint privacy and security practices, including the incorporation of telehealth into clinical practice.