Home Health & Hospice Week
Obtain Free Quality Improvement Help Here
You can obtain more free help with your quality improvement efforts from the Home Health Quality Initiative, which kicked off its newest phase last month. For five years, the HHQI campaign run by CMS contractors WVMI & Quality Insights has offered free tools, education, data, and other resources on QI to home health agencies. The Best Practice Intervention Packages on deck for coming months address topics ranging from falls prevention to medication management. Tip: Many of the best practices can be used in any setting, the National Association for Home Care & Hospice points out. You can put your logo on the non-copyrighted material and use them as tools for your referral sources. More information and access to the tools, educational materials, and more are on the newly revamped website at www.homehealthquality.org. Access is free but requires registration. The campaign currently has nearly 9,000 participants from more than 5,000 agencies, the website says.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Regulations:
Surety Bonds May Soon Burden Home Health Agencies
OIG revives its call for this long-delayed unrealistic requirement.Add one more expense to your list [...] - Know Your Facts:
Industry Growth Draws OIG's Interest
HHAs exceed pre-interim payment system levels.Why is the OIG so gung ho on home health [...] - Compliance:
OIG Targets Face-To-Face Compliance For Scrutiny
Will your F2F documentation pass muster?A federal watchdog's investigation of home health agencies' face-to-face encounter [...] - Therapy:
Improve Patients' Outcomes -- Heed Mental Impact Of Trauma
Fall-induced PTSD can hinder ADLs.Are you noticing patients who have experienced falls and are having [...] - Strategy:
4 Steps To Improve Hip Fracture Therapy
Strategies to help patients "work through their fear of falling" include the following, says Kate [...] - Industry Note:
SNF Relationships Feature On Feds' Hospice Compliance Radar
Plus: Medicare may prorate hospitals' payment for patients transferred to hospice.The HHS Office of Inspector [...] - Industry Note:
5010-Related Software Changes Plague Home Care Providers' Claims
Having trouble getting your claims to go through since Oct. 1? You might want to [...] - Industry Note:
Obtain Free Quality Improvement Help Here
You can obtain more free help with your quality improvement efforts from the Home Health [...] - Industry Note:
Focus For Some SNF Patients Should Be On Palliative Care
Payment for palliative care should be incorporated into Medicare's skilled nursing facility benefit, suggests a [...] - Industry Note:
CMS To Turn On PECOS Edits 'Soon,' Agency Says
You're in a race against the clock to make sure your referral sources are enrolled [...] - Industry Note:
Access Hospice Billing Report Training Online
If you missed Medicare's training session on the new hospice PEPPER comparative bill-ing reports, you [...] - Industry Note:
Washington Post Buys Regional Home Care Chain
The Washington Post Co. has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Mars, Penn.-based home [...] - Industry Note:
W. Va HHA Owner Pleads Guilty To Medicaid Fraud
A West Virginia HHA owner has pled guilty to Medicaid fraud charges. Shida Jamie of [...]
