Home Health Line
08/22/2016
It’s bad enough to be the victim of a ransomware attack. But now agencies need to treat the attack as a potential breach under HIPAA — even though the whole premise of ransomware is to deny access to patient data.
08/22/2016
Three Texas agencies since 2015 placed patients in immediate jeopardy situations due to clinicians’ use of fingerstick devices and glucometers, according to survey reports HHL recently obtained via a public records request.
08/22/2016
Following a recent DecisionHealth webinar about how to comply with the face-to-face requirement and the “Probe and Educate” review, agencies asked nine questions to attorney Robert Markette. Here are his answers.
08/22/2016
Clinicians should ensure they communicate adequately with physicians when patient medications aren’t reconciled during the home health agency’s medication review. It is the best strategy for preventing re-hospitalizations and avoiding stiff fines for having inaccurate or incomplete documentation.
08/22/2016
Is your home care agency’s office properly staffed? The answer to this question may indicate your agency’s overall health.
08/22/2016
by: Home Care Pulse’s Home Care Benchmarking Study
The median sales per full-time employee in 2015 for an agency with revenues between $800,000 and $1.599 million were $222,842, compared with $215,754 per full-time employee in 2014, according to Home Care Pulse’s Home Care Benchmarking Study.
08/15/2016
A recent analysis of clinical and functional case-mix points reveals the dramatic impact felt from the 2015 PPS final rule case-mix points shakeup.
08/15/2016
Agency leaders who receive information from employees about potential or actual workplace violence in the field should immediately complete an incident report, start an investigation and remedy — as soon as possible — whatever safety issues are truly a problem.
08/15/2016
Don’t automatically accept the findings of a Zone Program Integrity Contractor (ZPIC) audit as gospel. You might want to double-check its math.
08/15/2016
How the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) decided Excellent Home Care Services, a Brooklyn, N.Y., agency, should repay more than $7.5 million in Medicare overpayments is yet another lesson in the government’s use of a small claims sample to produce an eye-popping bill for providers.

Login

User Name:
Password: