Home Health Line
05/01/2017
HHL recently asked a series of questions to Edo Banach, who on Feb. 22 became president and chief executive officer of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). Banach succeeds J. Donald Schumacher, who had headed the organization since 2002.
05/01/2017
by: HHL's Final CoPs Survey
More agencies are focusing their QAPI projects on improving on HHCAHPS results than anything else. That’s according to the 317 respondents to a question on HHL’s Final CoPs Survey. Agencies were provided a list of 15 potential QAPI projects and asked to select any they had undertaken in the past year or plan to undertake.
04/24/2017
The number of agencies that received five stars for quality of care has increased every quarter since the ratings were first released — and that trend continued when CMS released the latest ratings April 12.
04/24/2017
Have clinicians fill out M1910 (Fall risk assessment) prior to answering questions on the OASIS involving bathing. If you consider the patient’s fall risk and think she might fall in the shower if left alone, you should mark “3” on M1830 (Bathing), not “2.”
04/24/2017
A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) contends CMS should require Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) to educate referring providers about home health documentation.
04/24/2017
If your agency still has a long way to go to prepare for CMS’ new Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs) involving Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement (QAPI), a good way to start is to review your agency’s CASPER outcome reports.
04/24/2017
Request government communications cards that will prioritize your calls over others and ensure you and your clinicians can communicate in the event of an emergency such as a mass power outage.
04/24/2017
Attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have been on hold as lawmakers took a two-week recess.
04/24/2017
by: Home Health Compare
Several measures within Home Health Compare have improved by 10% or more from April 2010 through April 2017. One item with a massive improvement is ambulation, which improved 23.2%. Bathing improved 8.6% — among the few changes that have not seen improvements of 10% or more.
04/19/2017
by: Home Health Compare
The following is a list of agencies that have achieved 5-star ratings each quarter from July 2015 through April 2017.

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