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 …
The March and early April edition of Home Health Today is here! Please click here to view the PDF edition: Home Health Today – March 2015.
We recently had a conversation with an agency owner who was determined to not let unethical or selfish agencies win in her market. In fact, she was more determined than …
