Home Health Line
11/03/2014
It’s not enough to rely on the referral of a hospitalist to begin caring for a patient in home health. Agencies that fail to reach out to the physician in charge of the patient’s care compromise payments for those services made prior to contacting the doctor.
 
11/03/2014
View these two additional changes in the October OASIS Q&As.
11/03/2014
As health care responders across the country prepare for the possibility of coming into contact with the deadly Ebola Virus Disease, agencies should begin revising intake protocols to ask patients and their caregivers about recent travel history.
 
11/03/2014
When responding to additional documentation requests (ADRs), make sure your hospice submits plans of care that begin prior to the timeframe requested but extend into the requested timeframe.
 
11/03/2014
by: Palmetto GBA
Medicare administrative contractor (MAC) Palmetto GBA issued 367 denials to hospices from July through September 2014, with more than half coming for two reasons: Patients weren’t hospice appropriate or the plan of care wasn’t submitted properly or at all.
 
11/03/2014
There’s only so much patience agency leaders can — or should — have for an employee who is unable or unwilling to get the job done. Your agency must meet with the employee and take actions to correct performance issues, and if there isn’t improvement soon your agency must move on.
 
11/03/2014
by: Indiana Association for Home & Hospice Care
When putting together a plan of care at your hospice, use this recently revised checklist from the Indiana Association for Home & Hospice Care.
11/03/2014
by: Athens Regional Home Health
The following Ebola decision tree is designed to use for home health intake and clinical staff to help them assess risk and protect staff and patients. It was created by Pamela Hall, executive director of Athens Regional Home Health, a hospital-based agency in Athens, Georgia. The agency regularly updates this decision tree as guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other sources changes.
 
 

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