Home Health Line
11/03/2014
There’s only so much patience agency leaders can — or should — have for an employee who is unable or unwilling to get the job done. Your agency must meet with the employee and take actions to correct performance issues, and if there isn’t improvement soon your agency must move on.
 
11/03/2014
by: Indiana Association for Home & Hospice Care
When putting together a plan of care at your hospice, use this recently revised checklist from the Indiana Association for Home & Hospice Care.
11/03/2014
by: Athens Regional Home Health
The following Ebola decision tree is designed to use for home health intake and clinical staff to help them assess risk and protect staff and patients. It was created by Pamela Hall, executive director of Athens Regional Home Health, a hospital-based agency in Athens, Georgia. The agency regularly updates this decision tree as guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other sources changes.
 
 
10/27/2014
Agencies that make it to the administrative law judge (ALJ) level of review could find their chances of winning significantly reduced thanks to changes CMS recently introduced.
 
10/27/2014
News about Ebola outbreaks in the United States has triggered many agencies to rethink their infection control policies to ensure patients and clinicians are protected.
 
10/27/2014
Forty-one percent of agencies accredited by The Joint Commission failed to provide “care, treatment or services in accordance with orders or prescriptions as required by law and regulation.” At least, that’s what survey results for the first half of 2014 indicate.
 
10/27/2014
Here is a list of the most common citations received by home health agencies in the first half of 2014
10/27/2014
Here are three more of the most common citations The Joint Commission cited in the first half of 2014, as well as advice for avoiding these citations, from Arlene Maxim, consultant and owner of A.D. Maxim Consulting in Troy, Mich.
 
10/27/2014
A recent lawsuit against a New York City agency serves as a reminder that you must be careful what information you request during interviews.
 
10/27/2014
Instituting effective on-call and after-hours staffing procedures can help your agency avoid condition-level deficiencies and even being cited for immediate jeopardy.
 

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