Home Health Line
10/29/2012
Health care reform and the structure of the Medicare program could see significant changes in the coming years, depending on the outcome of the Nov. 6 election.
 
10/29/2012
Role-playing exercises for clinicians and quick turnaround times on patient complaints have helped HomeCare Elite agencies achieve above-average outcomes on patient satisfaction.
 
10/29/2012
HomeCare Elite agencies are a cut above on all five publicly reported Home Health Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HH-CAHPS) scores.
10/29/2012
Ongoing Medicare rate cuts mean you can’t afford to lose referrals for patients who need your services, but consultants report that mistakes in the intake department are causing agencies to do just that.
 
10/24/2012

This year, OCS HomeCare considered 10,177 agencies for inclusion in the HomeCare Elite, up from 9,724 last year.

10/23/2012

The following examples of acceptable and unacceptable face-to-face encounter documentation were created and published by Medicare adminstrative contractor (MAC) NGS.

10/22/2012

The following screenshot shows the newly validated Missouri Alliance for Home Care (MAHC) tool embedded in Delta Health Technologies' Crescendo software. The screenshot was provided by Keith Crownover, president of the Altoona, Pa.-based vendor.

10/22/2012

Your clinicians’ OASIS workload just got a little lighter: Home health agencies will now be able to use a single tool that is both multi-factorial and validated to assess patients for falls risk and mark “yes” on M1910 (Falls risk assessment).

10/22/2012

The Oct. 11 update of Home Health Compare marked the first appearance of the claims-based emergency department (ED) use without hospitalization measure, which debuted at 11%.

10/22/2012

Fast-rising enrollment in Medicare HMOs and other Medicare Advantage (MA) plans suggests agencies’ problems with visit rationing and low reimbursement rates are likely to get worse.

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