Home Health Line
04/15/2013
BREATHE. That’s one simple acronym that can be used as a teaching tool to help respiratory patients manage their symptoms and avoid re-hospitalizations.
04/15/2013
How long are patients on service before they're hospitalized for a respiratory infection? For agencies in the East, the answer is just 82 days. But that number can be as great as 222 days for agencies in the Southwest.
04/15/2013
Implement procedures to prevent pathogen transmission via nursing bags and link compliance to clinicians’ annual performance evaluations to reduce the risk of patient infections.
 
04/15/2013
While home care agencies should be wary of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and its interest in employment policies and handbooks, they may be able to rest a bit easier if the courts continue to rule in employers’ favor.
 
04/15/2013
CMS still is considering a requirement that home health agencies have surety bonds as a way to help the government recover overpayments and discourage fraud.
04/09/2013
These are the first 10 pages of a sample admission booklet compiled by MedForms in Nashville, Tenn.
04/08/2013
CMS will no longer require you to apply a modifier to visits not ordered by the certifying physician for episodes starting on or after July 1.
 
04/08/2013
Agencies are reporting that family caregivers increasingly ask them for long-term care for their loved ones, citing the recent class action settlement to end the improvement standard in Medicare. Make sure your field staff are prepared for those conversations to protect your agency from legal action for discrimination or abandonment.
 
04/08/2013
Make sure your clinicians have all the information they need to compile a comprehensive, up-to-date clinical record for each patient. Citations for G236 remain among the most common CMS survey deficiencies and they could trigger hefty penalties thanks to the final 2013 PPS rule.
 
04/08/2013
CMS will no longer require you to apply a modifier to visits not ordered by the certifying physician for episodes starting on or after July 1.
 

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