Home Health & Hospice Week
Hospital patients at end of life need to
Hospital patients at end of life need to have better communication with their physicians about issues like intensive treatments, according to a new study in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Even after 48 hours in the Intensive Care Unit or on the ventilator, more than half of patients had no medical record documentation about goals of care or an attempt to pursue the topic, says the study. Another new study shows that doctors' orders help end-of-life patients get the care they want. Nursing home residents with Physicians Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) forms who said they wished to receive care primarily for pain relief were 59 percent less likely to receive unwanted treatments than those with only a "Do Not Resuscitate" order, according to the study in the July 2 Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. POLST forms address things like antibiotics, feeding tubes, and other interventions.
Home Health & Hospice Week
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HHAs Tread Cautiously In PECOS Quagmire
Help your docs enroll before accepting their patients, trade group advises. The feds' stance on [...] - Fraud & Abuse:
SEC Launches Home Care Therapy Investigation
Wall Street Journal article impact continues. If you thought you had a good reason to [...] - Competitive Bidding:
Bidding To Slash DME Payments By One-Third
Bidding on track to take effect Jan. 1. Nine areas of the country will see [...] - Risk Management:
Preempt the Perils of Online Social Media Forums
Prohibit your staff from making this No. 1 privacy mistake. Online social forums provide a [...] - HIPAA:
Real-World Cases Highlight Dangers of Privacy Violations
Nurses take heat for online privacy violations. Looking for cautionary scenarios to keep everyone on [...] - Billing:
Test Your 5010 Readiness With At Least 25 Claims
Start your internal testing ASAP, CMS Says. When testing whether you'll be able to appropriately [...] - Industry Notes:
Follow Signature Rules Or Risk Reimbursement
Never accept stamped signatures. If your ordering physicians like to sign with just their initials [...] - Industry Notes:
There may be a permanent CMS head
There may be a permanent CMS head sooner than expected. President Obama plans to bypass [...] - Industry Notes:
Hospital patients at end of life need to
Hospital patients at end of life need to have better communication with their physicians about [...] - Industry Notes:
The marching orders that will exempt
The marching orders that will exempt pharmacies from DME accreditation requirements have gone out. Pharmacies [...] - Industry Notes:
Your hard-of-hearing patients may benefit
Your hard-of-hearing patients may benefit from some physical activity. The American Journal of Audiology published [...] - Industry Notes:
If you're not conducting criminal background
If you're not conducting criminal background checks carefully, it could close your doors. That's what [...] - Industry Notes:
Long Island's North Shore University
Long Island's North Shore University Hospital has agreed to purchase New York City's Saint Vincent's [...] - Industry Notes:
LHC Group Inc. has entered into a
LHC Group Inc. has entered into a home health joint venture with The Health Care [...]
