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6 Ways to Improve Home Health Face to Face
MISSING FACE-TO-FACE FROM PHYSICIAN CERTIFICATION
In its newsletter CGS Medicare reports that many physician certifications do not contain a statement documenting the date of the home health face-to-face encounter.
7 Keys to Home Health Employee Retention
The quality of home health employees management that a nurse, therapist or aide receives is critical to employee retention. The reasons home health workers leave their jobs has more to do with management and supervision not the job itself.
COPD: Do Field Staff Know The Fundamentals?
From Nurselabs: Any respiratory disease that persistently obstructs bronchial airflow fall under the broad classification of COPD, also known as chronic airflow limitations (CAL). Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a condition of chronic dyspnea with expiratory airflow...
What's the Difference between Advance Careplans & Advance Directives?
Documentation of a patient's Advance Care Planning was one of 3 new HOME HEALTH PROCESS MEASURES required under home health Value-based Purchasing in 2016. Under Value-based Purchasing home health agencies are required to...
Are You Using Telehealth? There's No Scheduled End Date...
The Medicare system is under an ‘Emergency Declaration’ due to the Coronavirus Pandemic. This means that certain home health regulations have been relaxed and some requirements have been changed to prevent the interruption in home health care. All temporary changes to home health...
Best Practices for Completing OASIS M1630 Ostomy
Include the following best practice (Medicare) guidelines for completing OASIS M1630:
3 Personal Safety Policies You Need for Clinicians Making Home Visits
Under any circumstance home care workers are at high risk for workplace violence for the following reasons:
