Home Health Line
01/19/2015
Proposed patient rights changes — including a requirement to communicate rights in a way the patient can understand — will be burdensome and expensive, agencies and industry experts contend.
 
01/19/2015
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) once again has told Congress that despite the rebasing that started last year, agency margins are likely to remain high and that “quality of care and beneficiary access to care are unlikely to be negatively affected.”
 
01/19/2015
Home health agencies are looking at new telehealth functionality that would allow virtual visits with patients.
 
 
01/19/2015
by: SHP
A question about care on evenings and weekends scored worse on a FEHC-to-CAHPS hospice crosswalk than another other question, according to a benchmark from Strategic Healthcare Programs in Santa Barbara, Calif.
 
01/19/2015
The home health industry won’t have to worry about immediate scrutiny from recovery audit contractors (RACs).
 
 
01/19/2015
None of the Labor Department’s companionship regulation is valid, according to the latest ruling by a federal judge on a suit challenging the regulation’s requirement for overtime payments to unskilled home support workers.
 
01/12/2015
Cutting edge hospices are working to get ahead of the game by using crosswalks from existing patient satisfaction surveys to identify areas they may need help when the Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Survey launches April 1.
 

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