Home Health Line
10/10/2024
Educate your staff on Medicare payments and quality metrics to empower clinicians and build a collaborative team approach to case management.
10/10/2024
Begin preparing now for new hospice quality reporting requirements by assessing whether increased staffing and changes in visits will be needed with the HOPE tool.
10/10/2024
A new bill introduced in Congress is seeking to make the most significant changes in Medicare’s hospice benefit since its inception in 1982.
10/10/2024
Several items in the new Hospice Outcomes and Patient Evaluation (HOPE) tool will be familiar to clinicians, but key data collection time points will require some training.
10/10/2024
More than one in three patients are struggling to access home health care after a hospital discharge.
10/03/2024
Reinforce your verification process through checklists, spreadsheets or calendars to avoid the costly fines, citations and fraud investigations that could occur if personal care attendants don’t meet state or federal qualifications for providing Medicaid services.
10/03/2024
Incorporate active listening, non-verbal communication or cultural competence into your in-service training programs to improve HHCAHPS survey scores that can sometimes feel stuck in cement. Training that focuses on listening is a great tool to show your agency is serious about patient satisfaction.
10/03/2024
Don’t rush into Medicare Advantage (MA) contracts without taking the time to decide if the terms are right for your home health agency. Agencies that sign the first contract they come across without evaluating other options often get stuck with less-than-ideal terms and little wiggle room.
10/03/2024
A new mandatory episode-based payment model beginning in 2026 will require some hospitals to bundle home health and other post-acute costs into the hospital’s payment for a handful of key procedures. While home health providers won’t be the direct participants in TEAM, they will be working with hospitals to maintain solid outcomes 30 days post hospital discharge.
10/03/2024
The latest Care Compare update in July provided a look at the 2023 results on the HHCAHPS composite measures that are publicly reported and account for 30% of Home Health Value-Based Purchasing scores.

Login

User Name:
Password: