Home Health Line
09/05/2016
Determine the focus for your Quality Assessment Performance Improvement (QAPI) program so you can set your agency up for success in current quality initiatives and prepare for CMS’ proposed Conditions of Participation (CoPs).
09/05/2016
During CMS’ home health, hospice and durable medical equipment (DME) open door forum Aug. 23, the federal Medicare agency provided details for hospices about a recently released change request.
09/05/2016
For BAYADA Home Health Care, posting personal stories about clients and field staff on its Facebook page at 9 p.m. on Wednesdays and Sundays will get the agency the most possible clicks.
09/05/2016
Using a team approach to cardiac care has proven to be a successful component to reducing readmissions and helping agencies reach milestones as part of a national quality improvement initiative.
09/05/2016
by: HHL’s 2016 Referrals Survey
Hospitals are the most common referral source for home health agencies, followed by physicians (general), according to the 103 respondents to a question on HHL’s 2016 Referrals Survey.
09/05/2016
by: Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center
This form from Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center in Patchogue, N.Y., is an example of a utilization review form your agency should use.
09/05/2016
Medicare savings achieved so far by the Independence at Home demonstration have attracted Congressional support for legislation to make the demo’s experimental use of house calls teams to treat chronically ill seniors a permanent Medicare benefit.
09/02/2016
The following are additional pre-claim review questions posed to consultants Arlene Maxim and Rebecca Friedman Zuber.
09/02/2016
Following a recent DecisionHealth webinar about the pre-claim review, HHL asked questions to consultants Arlene Maxim and Rebecca Friedman Zuber. Here are their answers.
09/01/2016
CMS is floating the idea of revising the prospective payment system for the home health industry, and the contractor it hired detailed one possible model Aug. 23.

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