CMS’ Financial Alignment Initiative is not only creating reimbursement nightmares for providers, including home health agencies, but also forcing patients to find alternate care at a moment’s notice. In 11 …
The May edition of Home Health Today is here! Read May’s informative edition here!
Coming in July, PEPPER reports (Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report) will be made available for home health agencies. Already available for nursing homes, hospitals and other inpatient providers, …
Agencies that continue to struggle need to look at their operations and understand that adding people to fix a process does not work. Fixing a process and improving that process, …
Many smaller agencies sometimes find it difficult to focus on performing clinical reviews. But the Medicare Conditions of Participation (CoPs) actually require your agency to do so. In agencies …
As the summer quickly approaches, many agencies experience a drop in patient census and an increase in staff vacation requests. Agencies should try to have the final summer time-off schedules …
The April edition of Home Health Today is here! Please click here to view the PDF edition: Home Health Today – April 2015.
CMS has finalized some important changes to the way agencies must stay in compliance with F2F data gathering and timing of physician certification. Signed Physician Certification: Many agencies wait to …
In many agencies, large and small, the burden of human resources is always lingering. Whether a dedicated employee manages HR, or it’s a split function between various staff, documentation must …
Updated regulations, as a result of a lawsuit against CMS, provide a distinctive change for patients who are in need of continued home care services. The definition of home care …
