Home Health Line
10/01/2012

Big changes are coming to Home Health Compare: CMS will soon report agencies’ scores on acute care hospitalization (ACH) and emergency department (ED) use without hospitalization as claims-based measures.

10/01/2012

Looking to join a partnership with other providers? Your agency might have to have acceptable outcomes scores, 24/7 caregiver availability and “specialty programs or services of distinction.”

10/01/2012

The Independence at Home program run by the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System in Richmond is using the following criteria to select home health partners.

10/01/2012

Rely on appropriate financial benchmarks based on your agency’s size and operational structure as you put together your budget for 2013.

10/01/2012

Look for “practical tools,” such as checklists and decision trees, from CMS to prepare for ICD-10 implementation in 2014.

10/01/2012

Make sure your quality assessment and performance improvement (QAPI) program addresses all aspects of your hospice’s operations and puts you in a good position to improve the quality of care.

10/01/2012

New data from CMS show that the condition of participation (CoP) which covers plans of care and coordination among the interdisciplinary group (IDG) is cited most frequently (HHL 9/24/12).

10/01/2012

The number of Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollees referred to home health in 2013 could rise.

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