Home Health Line
10/24/2016
Think twice before relying on your electronic health record’s (EHR’s) handy copy, cut and paste tools. They can put you in legal hot water.
10/24/2016
When following a mandatory flu shot policy, be sure it allows for exceptions for employees who refuse due to religious beliefs. A lawsuit filed in September by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against a Pennsylvania hospital should serve as a reminder of this. 
10/24/2016
Conduct an internal audit immediately to determine if your agency’s employees are properly classified as exempt from new U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) overtime requirements. It’s vital to consider employees’ actual job duties — not their job descriptions.
10/24/2016
Four new codes to distinguish between different forms of atrial fibrillation could become active in the ICD-10 code set next year.
10/24/2016
A QAPI program must be reevaluated annually to assure it is still relevant, includes new items that have to be tracked and improved and incorporates any new legislation affecting home care.
10/24/2016
If an upcoming CMS test allowing Medicare Advantage plans to customize their benefits as a way to improve care of chronically ill enrollees is successful, it eventually could mean plans would include fewer agencies in their provider networks.
10/24/2016
CMS posted a revised home health cost report Oct. 7. Changes included within the 254-page document are effective for cost reporting periods on or after Oct. 1, 2015.
10/24/2016
by: HHL’s Proposed CoPs Survey
More than 56% of the 249 respondents to a question on HHL’s Proposed CoPs Survey said they have or are planning on implementing a specific QAPI project focusing on improving measures within 5-star ratings.

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