Home Health Line
10/13/2014
Get ready for a possible replacement assessment for the OASIS and also more stringent hospice oversight as a result of the Impact Act recently signed by President Barack Obama. 
 
10/13/2014
Home care agencies now have another six months before enforcement will begin on the national minimum wage and overtime requirements. 
 
10/13/2014
by: Johns Hopkins
See an excerpt of Johns Hopkins' flu policy.
10/13/2014
by: National Research Corporation
See national data related to readmissions to hospitals within 30 days of admission to a home health agency.
10/06/2014
To offset “case-mix creep” and what it sees as hefty agency profit margins, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) is ready once again to recommend that Congress require CMS to administer a stiffer dose of rebasing to the home health industry than has been the case so far.
 
10/06/2014
Legislation recently passed by Congress could mean home health agencies would have a new assessment tool to replace the OASIS and hospices would be surveyed every three years instead of eight.
 
10/06/2014
Recent spikes in state minimum wage rates are putting a strain on small business owners including private duty agency owners.
 
10/06/2014
ICD-10 implementation, currently set for Oct. 1, 2015, will require extensive training and could lead agencies to relax productivity standards, at least for a short time.
 
10/06/2014
Reduce patients’ risk of hospitalization by looking for signs of trouble or distress in their homes and referring them to a social worker when concerns are noted.
 
10/06/2014
Having new home health quality managers go on ridealongs with clinicians and shadow managers in other departments has helped one agency prevent quality manager turnover.
 

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