Home Health Line
11/21/2016
At least in the short term, a recent court ruling could lead to a more stringent interpretation of a Medicare standard for the timing of obtaining physician signatures. It also could lead to more whistleblower cases. 
11/21/2016
Clients have unique circumstances and specific sets of expectations for the care they receive. Meeting those expectations can be a challenge.
11/21/2016
What appeared to be perplexing in the 2017 PPS final rule — the addition back of points to the previously-gutted equations for pulmonary disorders — now makes sense. These diagnoses completely lost eligibility for clinical points two years ago, but now they have the potential to earn one point depending on episode timing and therapy utilization.
11/21/2016
The HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) will turn its attention next year to the frequency with which hospice RNs conduct supervisory visits of aides, according to its new work plan published Nov. 10.
11/21/2016
Train clinicians how to ask whether patients have lost interest in activities or if they have been feeling sad.
11/21/2016
by: 2016 Home Care Benchmarking Study, Home Care Pulse, Rexburg, Idaho
To gather information about client satisfaction, about 40% of agencies mail surveys sent by internal staff. That’s according to Home Care Pulse’s 2016 Home Care Benchmarking Study.
11/21/2016
An upcoming quality measures (QM) report will provide hospices with greater detail than they’ve ever seen on the Hospice Item Set (HIS).
11/14/2016
Under the proposed Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs), your interdisciplinary team will determine if the RN or therapist is more appropriate for assigning duties and performing aide supervisory visits.
11/14/2016
Set strict parameters for tracking timely OASIS submission for every single claim to prevent receiving a brand new set of denials starting next year.
11/14/2016
The efforts T.O.N.E. Home Health Services, Inc. took to successfully become a 5-star agency led accountable care organizations (ACO) to take notice. And the agency is reaping rewards from its relationships with ACOs In a few months, its daily census went from 160 to 250 patients due to referrals and star recognition. 

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