Home Health Line
10/25/2016
Click "Download File" to view a list of the top 100 HomeCare Elite agencies.
10/24/2016
While ACOs may provide benefits in terms of referrals and communication with providers, agencies working with ACOs say you must be prepared for paperwork and red tape.
10/24/2016
by: Home Health Compare
There are 324 agencies nationwide that earned five stars in the ratings system involving quality of care, according to ratings released Oct 19. Meanwhile, 834 agencies received 4.5 stars.
10/24/2016
by: Home Health Compare
Agencies have continued to make strides on Home Health Compare measures included within value-based purchasing, according to the latest data released in October 2016.
10/20/2016
The efforts T.O.N.E. Home Health Services, Inc. took to successfully become a 5-star agency led accountable care organizations (ACO) to take notice. And the agency is reaping rewards from its relationships with ACOs In just a few months, its daily census went from 160 to 250 patients due to referrals and star recognition. 
10/11/2016
Conduct an internal audit immediately to determine if your agency’s employees are properly classified as exempt from new U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) overtime requirements. It’s vital to consider employees’ actual job duties — not their job descriptions.
09/28/2016
Fully train patients’ families about the restlessness and agitation their loved one may experience while receiving hospice care. Doing so will prepare families for stressful situations and could improve your hospice patient satisfaction scores.
09/28/2016
by: Strategic Healthcare Programs in Santa Barbara, Calif.
Families of hospice patients scored hospices the lowest on the measure asking whether they were provided help with feelings of anxiety or sadness, according to the first year of Hospice CAHPS Survey data submitted by Strategic Healthcare Programs in Santa Barbara, Calif. 
09/23/2016
by: SHP
Families of hospice patients scored hospices the lowest in the measure that asks whether they were provided help with feelings of anxiety or sadness, according to the first year of Hospice CAHPS Survey data submitted by Strategic Healthcare Programs in Santa Barbara, Calif.
09/22/2016
In a complete reversal from previous guidance, coders can now assign I11.0 (Hypertensive heart disease with heart failure) for a patient with diagnoses of hypertension and heart failure, regardless of whether the physician has linked the hypertension to the heart failure.

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