Home Health Line
06/19/2017
Review emergency preparedness policies and procedures at least annually and make sure they address plans for patients during a natural or man-made disaster. Doing so will help you prepare for new emergency preparedness Conditions of Participation (CoPs) that take effect Nov. 15.
06/19/2017
Commenters on a proposal to delay the revised Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs) say the industry needs more time to prepare and that to ready themselves agencies will need to read interpretive guidance for surveyors, which has not yet been released.
06/19/2017
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.”
06/19/2017
by: HHL’s Final CoPs Survey
For about half of agencies, QAPI is the most expensive and burdensome change within the revised Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs), according to 332 respondents to a question on HHL’s Final CoPs Survey.
06/16/2017
Your agency has gone through the quality assessment piece of QAPI and identified areas that need improvement. Now what?
06/12/2017
by: Bartlesville Community Care Transitions Team
Home health agencies should consider using a sample transfer of care form to improve to improve the continuity of care for their patients.
06/12/2017
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.
06/12/2017
Now that Alzheimer’s disease has risen to become by far the most commonly used hospice claims-reported diagnosis, hospices must be even more certain that their documentation for Alzheimer’s patients can withstand auditor scrutiny.
06/12/2017
Presentations and associated scenario answers from the Home Health Quality Reporting Program (HHQRP) provider training conducted by CMS in Baltimore on May 4 are now available for download. 
06/12/2017
When your agency enters into a contract with a commercial payer, do you just sign on the dotted line? If so, you could be missing out on an opportunity to negotiate better reimbursement rates and terms, and risk making a mistake that could cause serious financial harm in the long run.

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