Home Health Line
04/22/2013
Don’t underestimate the home health impact of changes President Barack Obama has proposed in his 2014 budget. They include a long-feared copay and rate reductions in the form of bundled payments – both concepts endorsed by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC).
 
04/22/2013
The comments are in, and experts fear that the requirement to provide affordable health insurance to full-time employees could have devastating effects on the home care industry, forcing some agencies to move employees to part time and other agencies to be driven out of business.
 
04/22/2013
Work on your communication with family caregivers now to prepare for public reporting of family experience of care measures. CMS has published its first draft of the future hospice consumer assessment of healthcare providers and systems (CAHPS) survey and will field-test it later this year.
 
04/22/2013
CMS has published three different versions of its draft survey, based on whether the patient received care at home, in a nursing home or in an inpatient setting.
 
04/22/2013
A photo of their vice president in a bunny costume for Easter. Information about National Healthcare Decisions Day. Photos of smiling staffers holding awards.
 
04/22/2013
Make sure your staff members know how to use social media in a way that reflects well on your agency. Here are some tips from Jodi McKinney, director of corporate communications with Celtic Healthcare in Mars, Pa.
 
04/22/2013
Most private duty agencies are still undecided as to whether they’ll provide insurance to comply with the Affordable Care Act’s mandate or pay the penalties for not doing so.
04/22/2013
Here is some advice on due diligence steps to take before closing a home health deal, provided by investment banking firm Wyatt Matas & Associates of Washington, D.C.
04/15/2013
CMS for the first time has commented publicly on its settlement to end the “improvement standard” in Medicare, saying lack of improvement alone isn’t sufficient reason for a denial in most cases.
04/15/2013
Reduce patient frustration and admission visit time by creating a simpler paperwork booklet that cuts down on the number of signatures patients need to provide on your agency’s forms.
 

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