Home Health Line
11/09/2009
Anyone curious about the extent of bonuses HHAs could receive under CMS’s current pay-for-performance demonstration may have to wait until mid-year 2010 to find out.
11/09/2009
CMS just released its OASIS-C wound guidance on Oct. 9, but it’s already changed.
11/09/2009
Red Flags Rule enforcement delayed; new legislation could exempt small agencies. The Federal Trade Commission delayed until June 1, 2010, the requirement that “creditors,” including home health agencies, develop policies
11/09/2009
One COPD patient at the VNA and Hospice of Southwestern Vermont Heath Care has been out of the hospital for three years.
11/02/2009
Fail to support claims with physician signatures on plans of care and follow-up orders, and it could cost you – a lot.
11/02/2009
HHAs and hospices may be overlooking an ally in their patients’ end-of-life care and a potential referral source: volunteer hospices.
11/02/2009
Some agencies have been reluctant to use Prothrombin Time/International Normalized Ratio (PT/INR) machines in the past because of concerns about cost, validity and physician acceptance.
11/02/2009
When a patient at Suncoast Hospice requires emergency attention, the clinician could receive a text message that says, “1 Murphy I now.”
11/02/2009
As CMS moves towards publicly reporting patient-satisfaction scores, agencies should follow the lead of Home Nursing Agency in Altoona, Pa., in its push to make every visit a “wow experience.”
10/26/2009
Long before Uncle Sam decides whether there should be a new Medicare benefit for home-based management of chronically ill patients, Pennsylvania HHAs may be contracting with physicians to manage such

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