Home Health Line
10/10/2019
Eugene Scalia’s confirmation as the next secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is expected to kick-start more rollbacks of Obama-era policies and usher in a more solidly pro-business era, according to attorneys who represent employers.
 
10/10/2019
Following HIPAA’s rules for disclosing information to a patient’s family members or friends can be tricky.
10/10/2019
Travel reimbursement was the benefit most commonly provided to caregivers by private duty agencies in 2018, according to the 2019 Home Care Benchmarking Study by Home Care Pulse in Rexburg, Idaho.
10/02/2019
After four years, a proposed rule and a deadline extension, CMS is finalizing conditions home health agencies must meet through the discharge planning process.
 
10/02/2019
Agencies once again will be able to use pseudo-patients to conduct aide skill competency assessments, much to the relief of industry experts and agencies alike.
10/02/2019
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has announced its new regulation outlining who is eligible to collect overtime pay, and it’s a rule expected to be far more palatable to employers than the previous attempt to raise the salary threshold for workers exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
10/02/2019
The multi-million dollar settlements paid by Cottage Health and Touchstone Medical Imaging reveal yet another front-burner cybersecurity issue for the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR): reducing vulnerabilities that stem from the way a provider sets up its computers and networks.
10/02/2019
Online searches for in-home care are growing, but if you’re not making smart decisions around your online presence, you could be missing out on a potential marketing and referral treasure trove.
10/02/2019
Search engine optimization (SEO) was the top consumer marketing source for private duty agencies in 2018, according to the 2019 Home Care Benchmarking Study.
09/26/2019
Medicare Advantage (MA) is on the rise, and with that, so is the opportunity for home health agencies if they can get creative about how to demonstrate their value.
 

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