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02/15/2024
Select QAPI items that affect the most patients, are the most critical or have the least amount of improvement needed to move the needle to show the fastest positive results.
02/08/2024
Even though COVID-19 has exacerbated breathing issues, especially in the elderly, agencies are finding ways to improve in this measure that is used to calculate Home Health Value-Based Purchasing payment adjustments.
02/08/2024
With more selective buyers in the marketplace, agency owners looking to sell are going to have to make sure they have all of their ducks in a row to stand out as an attractive opportunity in mergers and acquisition (M&A).
02/02/2024
Learn how one agency is starting to leverage new machine-learning algorithms to receive real-time alerts to track patient hospitalization risk, visit utilization, hospital admissions, discharges and more. Using these strategies the agency reduced its hospitalization rate by over 40% in less than one year.
01/25/2024
Continued payment cuts under PDGM, including a large perceived overpayment to home health providers that CMS plans to eventually recoup, are at the top of the agenda for industry advocates in Washington.
01/18/2024
Agencies hoping for a surprise delay in Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP)  payment adjustments are in for a rude awakening when deductions begin in 2025 and they find they’re a full two years behind in making necessary changes.
01/11/2024
CMS’ draft OASIS-E1 instrument, effective January 2025, contains the new item for COVID-19 vaccines, O0350 (Patient’s COVID-19 vaccination is up to date), and removes M0110 (Episode timing) and M2200 (Therapy need).
01/04/2024
With reports of workplace violence against health care workers at an all-time high, agencies should examine how their culture may be promoting or impeding effective safety solutions.
12/22/2023
Implementing employee recognition programs — letting staff know you see their hard work — can be a successful strategy when it comes to recruiting new hires and retaining top staff.
12/14/2023
It’s important to know if patients are vaccinated for the flu, but the most recent update on Care Compare shows a decline in how often agencies are determining a patient’s flu vaccine status. 

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