Home Health Line
04/20/2009
There are signs that incentives for referrals are trumping good outcomes when referral sources choose where to send patients, recent survey results show. All of this could compromise patient’s free
04/20/2009
Agencies in 14 targeted communities have started working with their Quality Improvement Organizations to reduce acute-care hospitalizations using a new spin, improving the transition of care across settings. [For a
04/20/2009
When a patient is in a skilled nursing facility (SNF) and also needs hospice care, the hospice risks CMS survey citations it doesn’t specify on the plan of care the
04/20/2009
Home health mergers and acquisition activity has slowed in the past six months, but the news is better in the home health market than in many, experts say.
04/20/2009
Stabilize growth. Buyers won’t pay a premium for agencies that need to be fixed up, and they won’t pay extra for agencies with 20% growth or more, which they suspect
04/20/2009
To earn a spot among the top 20% - and thus increase your chances for P4P rewards – you need to score 23% or less for acute care hospitalization scores, according to

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