Home Health Line
09/21/2015
The future Medicare role of accountable care organizations (ACOs) appears to be in the eye of the beholder.
09/21/2015
Designate an employee in your organization to gather and review staff flu vaccination data to prepare for the pending requirement in CMS’ proposed value-based purchasing demonstration.
09/21/2015
A demonstration of “value-based insurance design” (VBID) recently announced by CMS could expand the role — and the revenues — of agencies that contract with Medicare Advantage plans.
09/21/2015
Agencies should measure work periods on a 14-day basis for registered nurses, therapists and other skilled clinicians who work for home care agencies and hospices. That’s one comment by the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) for softening the impact of a proposed Labor Department rule that would increase the pool of professionals who would qualify for overtime pay.
09/21/2015
by: The Joint Commission
The Joint Commission on Aug. 26 announced the five home health requirements it identified most frequently as “not compliant” during surveys and reviews during the first six months of 2015. The data involve citations from organizations due to be surveyed during this time period, The Joint Commission notes.
09/07/2015
An agency leader at Boca Home Care believes standing out on medication reconciliation was one of major reasons the agency became one of the 239 agencies nationwide to receive 5 stars. 
 
09/07/2015
by: By Elizabeth Pearson, attorney
Introductory visits with patients who have already been referred to your agency are permissible, according to an Aug. 13 advisory opinion from the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG).
 
09/07/2015
The proposed 2016 PPS rule for home health means Medicare will continue to overpay agencies, according to Aug. 18 comments by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC).
 
09/07/2015
Creating three geographic districts covering about 50 square miles each and assigning the right clinician for the job based on specialty have allowed clinicians at one agency to spend more time on documentation and save on reduced mileage.
 
09/07/2015
Providers including home health agencies, hospices and doctors’ offices continued to be successful during CMS’ most recent ICD-10 end-to-end testing week, CMS trumpeted Aug. 27.
 

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