Home Health Line
10/14/2013
HIPAA’s new standard for judging whether an incident involving mishandled patient health information (PHI) is serious enough to be reported to the patient or HHS is stricter than the one it replaces.
 
10/14/2013
 Agencies should prepare themselves to answer a barrage of questions from employees now that the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) new health insurance exchanges are open for business.
 
10/14/2013
 Devote a section of your agency’s website specifically to physicians’ practices, adding items such as videos of physician testimonials and downloadable face-to-face encounter forms, and your agency could see an immediate boost in referrals.
 
10/14/2013
Hospitals are home health agencies’ overall top referral source, followed by general physicians and skilled nursing facilities, according to the 181 respondents in HHL’s 2013 Medicare Referrals Survey.
10/14/2013
Assign a triage nurse to field calls after hours and your agency will reduce readmissions and improve the morale of its nurses, experts say.
 
10/14/2013
Use this checklist to ensure that your agency is in full compliance with the HIPAA mega rule.

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