Home Health Line
05/02/2016
When answering OASIS items M1340 (surgical wound) or M1342 (status of most problematic surgical wound), note that if a surgical wound is open at opposite ends with an area of intact tissue in between, it is still addressed on the OASIS assessment as one surgical wound.
05/02/2016
The percentage of agencies that received HHCAHPS star ratings and earned five stars dropped to 17.5% in April, compared with the 37.5% of agencies that stood out in January.
05/02/2016
Make sure you’re closely tracking the care various disciplines including LPNs and aides provide hospice patients during the last days of life.
05/02/2016
Medicare’s hospice payments, adjusted for inflation and other factors, would rise an estimated 2% in 2017, according to the proposed hospice payment rule posted April 21.
05/02/2016
Review your business associate agreements to make sure they include permitted and required uses and disclosures of protected health information (PHI), as well as language requiring the business associate to implement appropriate safeguards to protect PHI.
05/02/2016
Having proper language and indemnification provisions in all business associate contracts will protect an agency — but only if all business associates are identified.
05/02/2016
Select an individual within your agency who can serve as an interim manager should you need somebody to cover for you in case of an emergency.
05/02/2016
by: OCS HomeCare, now a part of the ABILITY Network
The number of 5-star HHCAHPS agencies nationwide has plummeted, data posted April 20 on the Home Health Compare website show.

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