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Home Health and Assisted Living Care Costs Compared in Hospice Report
A report recently published by the Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) has found that payments via Medicare for hospice services in assisted living facilities have increased nearly twofold in the past five years when cared to other options such as home health...
Home Health Care Policies: CMS Publishes Changes to Nursing Home Ratings
Home Health Care Policies:
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today strengthened the Five Star Quality Rating System for Nursing Homes on the Nursing Home Compare website to give families more precise and meaningful information on quality when they consider facilities...
Home Health Care Policies: CMS Announces Add-On Payment Changes
Home Health Care Policies- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that home health providers’ billing department should educate themselves on new requirements set forth with the intention of improving existing payment policy enforcements.
Home Health Policies and Procedures Effectively Lower Rehospitalization
A recent report has shown that home health agencies are outperforming their post-acute counterparts as a whole in terms of rehospitalization rates. Data released last Wednesday by the Alliance for Home Health Quality and Innovation shows that home health agencies have markedly improved...
Home Health Management - The Issues with CMS Star Ratings
Medicare officials recently announced that the government-sanctioned “star rating” system for home health agencies would now include half-star increments. The additional partial increments come after concern was raised by providers regarding the ability for prospective patients and...
How to Start a Home Health Care Agency: What is Medicare?
How to Start a Home Health Care Agency: For those seeking to start their own home health care agency, education is a crucial factor in attaining a successful outcome. A well-trained staff not only contributes to a higher quality of patient care, but also contributes to the...
NAHC Responds to President's 2016 Budget for Home and Health Care Management
Recently, the National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC) has been exceedingly vocal regarding the sweeping changes in Medicare and Medicaid regulations set forth by the white house. In the past month or two, they made their voice heard regarding their opposition to the ...
Home Health Care Management and Practice: Influenza Vaccinations
Home Health Care Management and practice- A recent study published by the American Journal of Infection Control (APIC) has indicated that low influenza vaccination rates among nursing home employees has put patients at significant risk for death or other influenza-related complications.
