Home Health Line
09/28/2009
Many HHAs that want to open Medicare-certified branches are locked in a regulatory closet without a key.
09/28/2009
Though CMS won’t require agencies to report OASIS-C process measures, 74% of agencies plan to complete them, according to 169 respondents to HHL’s September OASIS-C survey.
09/28/2009
With just three months until agencies are required to use the OASIS-C assessment tool, consider these training strategies from home health experts:Start with the eight new process measures. Agencies can
09/28/2009
Limit any home health rate reductions caused by PPS rebasing to no more than 5% above the average of all standard business costs.
09/28/2009
Agencies soon may benefit from better-prepared home care patients, more referrals and improved communications with hospitals.
09/28/2009
An advanced therapy, designed to treat incontinence, has helped one agency earn up to nine new referral sources and five new patients per month.
09/28/2009
CMS updated its Home Health Compare website on Sept. 14. The scores show a one percentage point improvement in pain to 64%, as well as a one percentage point decrease
09/28/2009
CMS released its new OASIS-C guidance manual minus instructions on the wound questions this week. The following chart lists CMS’s new guidance for some of the OASIS questions that experts predict could be worth case-mix points.
09/28/2009
Although the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) delayed implementation of its Red Flags Rule for almost a year – the majority of private duty agencies are still confused about how the federal
09/28/2009
Agencies now have most of the materials they need to train staff with the recent partial release of the OASIS-C guidance manual.

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