Home Health Line
05/28/2018
Initial survey results following the implementation of the revised Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs) show that some surveyors are closely scrutinizing agencies’ compliance with requirements involving home health aides.
05/28/2018
Ensure your agency checks that the physician’s recertification statement includes a clear estimate for how long the patient will continue requiring home health care.
05/28/2018
Agencies recently asked a number of questions of industry experts J’non Griffin and Joan Usher. Griffin is president of Home Health Solutions, LLC in Carbon Hill, Ala., and Usher is president of JLU Health Record Systems of Pembroke, Mass.
05/28/2018
To ensure patients and their families are satisfied with care your hospice provides, train your employees to ask certain keywords during every visit.
05/28/2018
Hospices nationwide improved on all seven Hospice Item Set (HIS) measures in the latest update of Hospice Compare.
05/28/2018
New guidance for implementing electronic visit verification (EVV) as required under the 21st Century Cures Act may open the door for agencies to seek financial support for the cost of implementing such a system.
05/28/2018
by: CMS
Among the seven Hospice Item Set (HIS) measures posted on Hospice Compare, providers improved the most on “Hospice and palliative care pain assessment” during the May 2018 refresh.

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