Home Health Line
09/28/2009
CMS updated its Home Health Compare website on Sept. 14. The scores show a one percentage point improvement in pain to 64%, as well as a one percentage point decrease
09/28/2009
CMS released its new OASIS-C guidance manual minus instructions on the wound questions this week. The following chart lists CMS’s new guidance for some of the OASIS questions that experts predict could be worth case-mix points.
09/28/2009
Although the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) delayed implementation of its Red Flags Rule for almost a year – the majority of private duty agencies are still confused about how the federal
09/28/2009
Agencies now have most of the materials they need to train staff with the recent partial release of the OASIS-C guidance manual.
09/21/2009
The Senate Finance Committee has begun work on legislation that would be good news for the industry if its home health provisions make it all the way through the health
09/21/2009
Agencies can start testing their patient-satisfaction processes now that CMS has released the missing piece, a list of approved vendors.
09/21/2009
Providing a seasonal flu clinic to your local school district now could be valuable practice for potential H1N1 vaccination programs later this fall.
09/21/2009
CMS is alerting its payment contractors to be on the lookout for hospice claims errors. Its action follows an HHS Office of Inspector General study that found eight out of
09/21/2009
Agencies can go to CMS’s Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) website now to register for a login.
09/07/2009
Even those agencies that currently conduct patient-satisfaction surveys could have their work cut out for them with CMS’s new survey requirements.

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