Home Health Line
12/18/2017
Hospices have taken a big step forward on pain assessment, the Hospice Item Set (HIS) measure that has caused them the biggest struggle.
12/18/2017
A contingent of home health organizations has submitted a letter to CMS’ principal deputy administrator that outlines several major recommendations should CMS move forward with efforts to reform the industry’s payment system.
12/18/2017
by: Home Care Pulse, Rexburg, Idaho
The median turnover rate for caregivers was 65.7% in 2016, a 6% increase from 2015, according to the 2017 Home Care Benchmarking Study.
12/18/2017
by: Camellia Home Health and Hospice
Rather than putting staff through an OASIS boot camp, Camellia Home Health and Hospice has focused on a different line item of OASIS each week, developing scenarios so clinical staff can understand the reasons behind each requirement and how that documentation benefits the patient. View the following bed transferring scenario the agency has used.
12/13/2017
View the letter home health agencies have provided CMS about HHGM.
12/11/2017
CMS has recently announced that the location search field on Hospice Compare hasn’t worked since the website launched in August.
12/11/2017
Surveyors in 2018 are likely to pay close attention to how agencies comply with the QAPI and patient rights requirements within the revised Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs), attorney Robert Markette said during a recent DecisionHealth webinar on the draft interpretive guidelines.
12/11/2017
If your agency is part of a health care system, there are many benefits to choosing to work with the umbrella organization as you attempt to comply with CMS’ new emergency preparedness requirements.
12/11/2017
Prepare aides for the possibility that their clients might die, and ensure your agency uses compassion and empathy when communicating with aides after those clients pass away.
12/11/2017
CMS is holding a webinar Dec. 14 to announce it is finalizing its plan to eliminate “Influenza immunization received for current flu season” from the list of measures used to calculate home health quality of care star ratings.

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