Home Health Line
06/21/2017
Following a recent DecisionHealth webinar about how to prepare for CMS’ revised Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs), agencies asked questions of home health consultant J’non Griffin, president of Home Health Solutions, LLC in Carbon Hill, Ala. Here are some of Griffin’s answers.
06/16/2017
Your agency has gone through the quality assessment piece of QAPI and identified areas that need improvement. Now what?
06/09/2017
The Joint Commission calls a recent CMS proposal to require accrediting organizations to post survey results online a threat to patient care that will have a “chilling effect” on the organizations’ efforts to raise standards and ultimately create a “race to the bottom on quality.”
06/01/2017
Home health agencies and other health providers in one Oklahoma community have taken collaboration to a new level, offering an example of how putting patients first can contribute to better outcomes and improved star ratings even in a competitive market.
05/23/2017
by: The Joint Commission
View the following home care standard from The Joint Commission: Staff are competent to perform their responsibilities.
05/19/2017
A wave of ransomware attacks has hit hundreds of medical providers in Europe and Asia and may hit more in the United States. Protection is pretty straightforward, but it requires that you do the basics, not only in IT security but also in insuring your technological resources.
05/19/2017
No matter the context, it’s always a challenge to win a lawsuit against CMS and/or its contractors.
05/19/2017
View MedPro's recently filed complaint.
05/15/2017
by: Katherine Vanderhorst and Amy Craven
Incorporate into practice a screening tool that can be used to assess caregiver level of strain.
05/15/2017
Following a recent DecisionHealth webinar about how to pass CMS’ probe-and-educate review, agencies asked questions of Cheryl Adams, administrator of At-Home Health Care in Sparta, Ill. Adams’ agency was successful during Round 1 of CMS’ probe-and-educate review. And during Illinois’ pre-claim review, Adams’ agency has thus far achieved a 100% affirmation rate.

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