Home Health Line
01/16/2012

Make sure your written therapy goals include an explanation of how the goals are important to the patient and how patient progress will be measured.

01/16/2012

New demonstrations and models for smoother care transitions have been frequent in recent years, but home health often has received the short end of the straw in mostly physician- and hospital-dominated programs.

01/16/2012

The Joint Commission has adopted new home health standards that would require accredited agencies to bring staff vaccination rates up to 90% and HHS is seeking comments on a report that could lead to a similar requirement throughout the health care sector.

01/16/2012

If your agency is getting more job applications from nurses than you anticipated, watch out. Their RN degrees are no guarantee they have the experience home health nursing requires.

01/16/2012

Check with your Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) if you’re still waiting for a decision on your Home Health Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HH-CAHPS) reconsideration request.

01/16/2012

Take a close look at the particulars of your contract if your agency uses outside therapists who are not subject to the tax withholding that applies to payroll staff.

01/16/2012

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