Home Health Line
06/20/2011

A government-sponsored study offers home care providers a screening tool intended to classify patients as “high risk/high priority,”“medium risk/medium priority or “low risk/low priority” in the event of an earthquake

06/20/2011

Medicaid-certified agencies can expect more questions about the compliance of personal care attendants with state qualifications. They also could face attempted recoupment of Medicaid dollars in cases where noncompliance is

06/20/2011

Use this checklist created by Margery Harvey-Griffith, vice president of operations at Boca Home Care in Boca Raton, Fla., to vet a software vendor candidate and determine if this company will be the best fit for your agency’s needs.

06/20/2011

This screening tool from Abt Associates in Atlanta, Ga. creates a record for identifying patient needs, and plans for meeting those needs, in case of a mass casualty event.

06/20/2011

Assess patients with recent mental, emotional or behavioral declines for underlying physical causes that could lead to a hospitalization.

06/13/2011

Agencies’ struggles to explain Medicare’s face-to-face encounters to referring physicians promise to intensify when the face-to-face requirement extends to state Medicaid programs.

06/13/2011

New therapy documentation requirements that took effect April 1 have taken a severe toll on home health agencies’ productivity, new data from HHL’s 2011 productivity survey show.

06/13/2011

Assign a task force now to meet regularly and map out future staff training and other changes affiliated with the coding transition to ICD-10, and you will be on a

06/13/2011

Home health agencies participating in care-transition projects aimed at reducing hospital readmissions may find that their participation doesn’t lead to a significant increase in referrals from the hospitals they work

06/13/2011

CMS issued changes to its billing manual May 27 which clarify the use of two nursing G codes agencies are still confused about.

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