Home Health & Hospice Week
CLARIFICATION
Published on Mon Jul 24, 2006
Please note: The article "Confusion Over Wounds Can Cost You Thousands" in Eli's Home Care Week, Vol. 15, No. 30, contains a statement with a typographic error.
The statement regarding surgical wound status should read, "A debrided ulcer is still a pressure ulcer, but if the ulcer is repaired with a muscle flap, the wound becomes a surgical wound."
Other Articles in this issue of
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Regulation:
FEDS OUTLINE KEY HHABN DO'S AND DON'TS
Telemonitoring exception is one plus for agencies.
The clock is ticking toward the Sept. 1 effective [...] - Quality:
PREPARE FOR P4P--TAKE A FRESH LOOK AT HOME HEALTH COMPARE
Know the background of your benchmarks before you make a change.
Don't let pay-for-performance drop off [...] - Clip N Save:
16 WAYS TO LIMIT THE NEW HHABN BURDEN
Keep field staff focused on care with this cheat sheet.
To stay in compliance--and keep your [...] - DME:
CMS RELEASES LONG-AWAITED DMEPOS QUALITY STANDARDS
Some worry about rash to accreditation.
Don't miss the latest chapter in the unfolding mystery of [...] - OASIS:
CONFUSION OVER WOUNDS CAN COST YOU THOUSANDS
Hint: Be precise in medical record documentation and on the OASIS.
Wound care adds to your [...] - Industry Notes:
CMS STEPS IN TO MITIGATE EFFECT OF RAP DELAY
Error can't be fixed this late in the game. feds say.
Home health agencies in 16 [...] - CLARIFICATION
Please note: The article "Confusion Over Wounds Can Cost You Thousands" in Eli's Home Care [...]
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