Home Health & Hospice Week

HHAs looking to avoid compliance problems sparked by the congressional therapy investigation of publicly traded home care companies have a new resource -- the Delta Excellence in

Therapy Report. The report is based on the Delta National Excellence in Therapy Forum, a group of 80 industry experts that met in September 2010, software vendor Delta Health Technologies notes in a release.

The project was convened in response to the high-profile therapy investigations. "In the past year, the national media, the U.S. Senate Finance Committee and even the SEC have expressed concern that there is overuse or misuse of therapy, particularly the number of therapy visits and their impact on reimbursement," Delta CEO Keith

Crownover says in the release. "While the homecare industry may have lacked definitive guidelines, we know it does not lack the caregivers -- physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, social workers and clinical nurses -- who have the expertise, passion and commitment to develop tips and strategies to insure the most effec tive, compassionate care. This report is living proof." The report, which includes a section on appropriate use of therapy assistants, is at www.deltahealthtech.com/assets/docs/DeltaExcellenceinTherapy.pdf.

The project was co-sponsored by Delta, the National Association for Home Care & Hospice, and Fazzi Associates.