Home Health Line
02/12/2018
Conduct a quality audit of documentation your therapists submit. CMS’ targeted probe-and-educate review is ongoing, and it’s clear that therapy and therapists’ documentation will be among the things Medicare Administrative Contactors (MACs) review. 
02/12/2018
Although this year’s flu vaccine is only about 30% effective against this year’s dominant flu strain, it’s still important to make sure clients and staff get the vaccine.
02/12/2018
The opioid crisis in America continues to grow, prompting President Donald Trump to announce Jan. 29 that the new HHS Secretary would help confront the scourge. Home health agencies have a responsibility to help too, and can do so by training staff how to protect patients from the dangers of addiction.
02/12/2018
Following a recent DecisionHealth webinar about how to prepare for the patient rights portion of 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.
02/12/2018
Despite high-level talk of cuts to Medicare and Medicaid and a recent blow to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), agencies don’t need to worry too much about further cuts to federal programs in 2018, industry experts say.
02/12/2018
by: CMS
Six of the nine value-based purchasing states had averages at least 3% better than the national average on the flu vaccine, according to CMS’ Home Health Compare data released in January 2018. The national average is 77.2%.

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