Home Health Line
05/30/2016
by: SHP
Agencies participating in the nine-state value-based purchasing test can measure themselves against average national results for these 16 Home Health Compare measures — which are included in the 24 value-based purchasing measures — as a guide to improving their performance. 
05/30/2016
A new HHL survey reveals that more and more agencies are planning to invest in staff bonuses for their marketers. But while bonuses can be an effective way to motivate sales and marketing staff, agencies must be aware of potential legal implications for offering bonuses when contracting out marketing.
05/30/2016
For the past three years, Sterling Care in Greenwich, Conn., has tied staff bonuses to the number and types of admissions earned by the agency’s sales and marketing employees, clinicians and aides.
05/30/2016
Perform unannounced, ongoing audits involving the use of electronic signatures used by physicians, nurses or other providers at your agency. This should be done as part of your agency’s performance improvement program and include checking both the signers and those evaluating documents and signatures.
05/26/2016
Coders’ productivity seems to have kept pace through the implementation of ICD-10, but at what cost?
05/23/2016
by: Trish Twombly
Recent communication with the Coding Clinic has partially clarified guidance published in the first quarter 2016 issue of AHA Coding Clinic.
05/23/2016
Most home health agencies that have participated in the first round of CMS’ nationwide “Probe and Educate” review failed the probe, the results of HHL’s new face-to-face survey indicate.
05/23/2016
Breathe a slight sigh of relief. Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Palmetto GBA has revised a Local Coverage Determination (LCD) involving diabetic patients, easing back on a requirement that made life difficult for agencies.
05/23/2016
When partnering with a hospital as part of the comprehensive care for joint replacement model, clarify how care transitions will work among all participants and how information will be shared.
05/23/2016
A recent hack at a health care chain shows how easy it is for news about your agency to spread — and the importance of a solid communications protocol to maintain some control over the coverage you get.

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