Home Health Line
03/13/2017
Employer filing requirements under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) can cause a major, unexpected headache for agencies. The information that agencies submit may not match the employees’ taxpayer identification numbers (TINs) that the IRS has on hand thus raising a red flag that the employee may not be authorized to work in the U.S.
03/13/2017
Seema Verma is a short step from taking the reins at CMS. On March 2, the Senate Finance Committee cast a 13-12 vote to send Verma ahead to a full Senate confirmation.
03/13/2017
by: HHL’s Final CoPs Survey
Most agencies have begun training for the Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs) and will continue to do so. That’s according to the 343 respondents to a question on HHL’s Final CoPs Survey.
03/13/2017
As agencies invest more in technology such as video call apps and/or text/picture messaging, they must ensure they have a sound business associate agreement in place. This will help them avoid costly legal risks with privacy and security rules under the HIPAA and HITECH regulations.
03/13/2017
by: Pearson & Bernard, P.S.C.
View this sample business associate agreement from Pearson & Bernard, P.S.C.
03/13/2017
View the following additional Q&As from Angelo Spinola.
03/13/2017
by: Diane Link
Click "Download file" to view this Preparedness Assessment for the Home Health CoPs.
03/06/2017

Review the revised Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs) immediately if you haven’t already, and conduct a gap analysis to identify the many changes you must make to comply with the new requirements.

03/06/2017

Conduct a brief test to determine caregiver stress/strain. Agencies often focus all their attention on the patient, not realizing the caregiver’s health is vital to the patient’s long-term success. But reversing this trend will help agencies significantly with patient outcomes and HHCAHPS results.

03/06/2017

Slides from a recent CMS presentation revealed the federal Medicare agency plans to include within a new Hospice Compare website the seven current process measures from the Hospice Item Set (HIS) and eight Hospice CAHPS survey measures.

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