Home Health Line
12/18/2017
When examining the new draft guidelines for the revised Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs), agencies must pay close attention to CMS’ expectations about providing patient rights verbally and written in patients’ preferred language.
12/18/2017
Congress this year is expected to consider a Medicare extenders package that could have a significant impact on home health providers, industry experts say.
12/18/2017
Closely examine your agency’s non-admission reports and analyze whether there’s anything you can do to convert similar situations into admissions in the future.
12/18/2017
Many home health agencies fail to properly recognize and reward employees that go above and beyond the normal scope of work, industry experts say. This can lead to disgruntled employees who leave and drive up recruitment costs. 
12/18/2017
Hospices have taken a big step forward on pain assessment, the Hospice Item Set (HIS) measure that has caused them the biggest struggle.
12/18/2017
A contingent of home health organizations has submitted a letter to CMS’ principal deputy administrator that outlines several major recommendations should CMS move forward with efforts to reform the industry’s payment system.
12/18/2017
by: Home Care Pulse, Rexburg, Idaho
The median turnover rate for caregivers was 65.7% in 2016, a 6% increase from 2015, according to the 2017 Home Care Benchmarking Study.
12/18/2017
by: Camellia Home Health and Hospice
Rather than putting staff through an OASIS boot camp, Camellia Home Health and Hospice has focused on a different line item of OASIS each week, developing scenarios so clinical staff can understand the reasons behind each requirement and how that documentation benefits the patient. View the following bed transferring scenario the agency has used.
12/13/2017
View the letter home health agencies have provided CMS about HHGM.
12/11/2017
CMS has recently announced that the location search field on Hospice Compare hasn’t worked since the website launched in August.

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