Home Health Line
01/20/2014
 As your agency prepares for ICD-10, make an extra effort to support your quality improvement (QI) managers and clinical supervisors.
01/20/2014
One way to make sure that you are at the top of a search list is by creating a blog and making every blog post count.
 
01/20/2014
 Agencies can’t charge patients for services that are denied by Medicare because the referring physicians aren’t enrolled in the Internet-based Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS).
01/20/2014
Listing a diagnosis, along with a brief notation of some aspect of a patient’s condition or general phrases, such as “taxing effort to leave home,” are not sufficient to justify homebound status in face-to-face documentation, CMS says in a Jan. 14 MLN Matters article.
01/20/2014
The roles of quality improvement (QI) managers and clinical supervisors will take on increased importance as agencies transition to ICD-10.
01/13/2014
Be prepared to hold mock emergency drills, develop a reliable way to exchange information about at-risk patients with emergency response officials and pay hundreds of dollars to comply with CMS’ proposed emergency preparedness rule. If finalized, this rule would be added to the Medicare Conditions for Participation.
 
 
01/13/2014
A growing number of home health agencies are considering undergoing a deemed status survey conducted by an accreditation organization every three years. This survey would replace the Medicare certification and recertification surveys a state surveyor would conduct on CMS’ behalf. Agencies should also be prepared to pay around $8,000 to $9,000 to accrediting organizations for the initial survey. The fees are based on various factors such as the size of the organization, its patient census and the number of days a surveyor spends on-site.
 
01/13/2014
Agencies that are trying to determine whether they will be subject to the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) employer insurance mandate next year should begin tracking employee hours differently starting right now.
01/13/2014
The portal that Caring Companion Home Care created to update clients’ loved ones with health status changes, caregiver schedules, medication updates and meal reports has helped lead to an estimated 30% increase in referrals since the portal launched in 2009.
01/13/2014
Interest in specializing in dementia care is growing in the home care industry and more families are looking for this type of assistance. This is in part because many nursing facilities are unwilling to care for people with these conditions, experts say.

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