--- title: Home Health Blogger | Conditions of Participation (2) description: Conditions of Participation | home health management (2) --- [![PowerPath.ai](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Power-Path-copy.ai_-2048x263.png?width=2000&height=256&name=Power-Path-copy.ai_-2048x263.png "PowerPath.ai")](https://powerpath.ai/) - [How It Works](https://powerpath.ai/how-it-works/) - [Tools for Growth](https://powerpath.ai/tools-for-growth/) - [Meet Pattii](https://powerpath.ai/meet-pattii/) - [Resources](https://powerpath.ai/resources/) - [Blog](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/blog) - [About](https://powerpath.ai/about/) - [Contact](https://powerpath.ai/contact/) [My Account](https://secure.myhomecarebiz.com/) [Get Demo](https://melissa-myhomecarebiz.youcanbook.me/) ![BlogHeaderImg](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/hs-fs/hubfs/BlogHeaderImg.png?width=2000&height=666&name=BlogHeaderImg.png "BlogHeaderImg") # Home Health Insights Stay informed with the latest news in home health. ## Browse by Topic - [Regulatory News for Home Health & Hospice (173)](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/blog/topic/regulatory-news-for-home-health-hospice) - [Clinical Best Practices for Home Health & Hospice (22)](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/blog/topic/clinical-best-practices-for-home-health-hospice) - [Home Health Billing & Coding (21)](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/blog/topic/home-health-billing-coding) - [Home Health Marketing (18)](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/blog/topic/home-health-marketing) [![](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/hs-fs/hub/375308/file-2023909928.jpg)](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/blog/does-your-annual-meeting-include-these-required-11-items) [0](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/blog/does-your-annual-meeting-include-these-required-11-items#comments-listing) ## [Does Your Annual Meeting Include These 11 (Required) Items?](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/blog/does-your-annual-meeting-include-these-required-11-items) Medicare's [Conditions of Participation (CoP)](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/01/13/2017-00283/medicare-and-medicaid-program-conditions-of-participation-for-home-health-agencies)requires an HHA's Governing Body to regularly evaluate the policies and procedures that regulate the Agency's: - Agency-wide risk management - Patient-specific risk management - Emergency Preparedness - Employee Management: continuing education,... Posted by [Melissa Cott](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/blog/author/melissa-cott) on Jul 10, 2023 [![](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/hubfs/social-suggested-images/image-handwashing.jpe)](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/blog/infection-control-teaching-for-home-health-patients) [0](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/blog/infection-control-teaching-for-home-health-patients#comments-listing) ## [Infection Control Teaching for Home Health Patients](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/blog/infection-control-teaching-for-home-health-patients) Given the current focus on COVID-19, other infectious processes commonly experienced by home health patients - pneumonia, UTI’s, hepatitis, and wound infections - still pose significant challenges to patients and home health clinicians. Posted by [Melissa Cott](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/blog/author/melissa-cott) on May 19, 2023 [![](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/hubfs/performance%20improvement.jpg)](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/blog/home-health-qapi-3-keys-to-impressing-surveyors) [0](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/blog/home-health-qapi-3-keys-to-impressing-surveyors#comments-listing) ## [3 Steps to Effective Home Health QAPI](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/blog/home-health-qapi-3-keys-to-impressing-surveyors) CHAP, JCAHO, ACHC & Medicare require that “The group of professional personnel meets frequently to advise the agency on professional issues, to participate in the evaluation of the agency’s quality assurance program...” Your Agency's Incident Reporting System is the foundation for... Posted by [Melissa Cott](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/blog/author/melissa-cott) on Apr 10, 2023 [![](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/hubfs/img-sign-here-sticky-1.jpe)](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/blog/6-ways-to-improve-physician-home-health-face-to-face) [0](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/blog/6-ways-to-improve-physician-home-health-face-to-face#comments-listing) ## [6 Ways to Improve Home Health Face to Face](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/blog/6-ways-to-improve-physician-home-health-face-to-face) ## MISSING FACE-TO-FACE FROM PHYSICIAN CERTIFICATION In its newsletter [CGS Medicare](https://www.cgsmedicare.com/hhh/coverage/hh_coverage_guidelines/hh_ftf_encounter.html) reports that many physician certifications **do not contain a statement documenting the date of the home health face-to-face encounter**. Posted by [Melissa Cott](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/blog/author/melissa-cott) on Mar 18, 2022 [![](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/hs-fs/hub/375308/file-2023909928.jpg)](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/blog/download-the-telehealth-treatment-consent-form) [0](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/blog/download-the-telehealth-treatment-consent-form#comments-listing) ## [Are You Using Telehealth? There's No Scheduled End Date...](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/blog/download-the-telehealth-treatment-consent-form) 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... Posted by [Melissa Cott](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/blog/author/melissa-cott) on Mar 3, 2022 [![](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/hubfs/patient-aggression.png)](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/blog/3-personal-safety-policies-you-need-for-clinicians-making-home-visits) [0](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/blog/3-personal-safety-policies-you-need-for-clinicians-making-home-visits#comments-listing) ## [3 Personal Safety Policies You Need for Clinicians Making Home Visits](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/blog/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: Posted by [Melissa Cott](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/blog/author/melissa-cott) on Feb 22, 2022 [![](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/hubfs/Clinical%20Images/iStock-171248885.jpg)](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/blog/home-health-emr-everyone-needs-to-sign-a-confidentiality-agreement) [0](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/blog/home-health-emr-everyone-needs-to-sign-a-confidentiality-agreement#comments-listing) ## [Home Health EMR: Everyone Needs to Sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/blog/home-health-emr-everyone-needs-to-sign-a-confidentiality-agreement) If you have nursing, therapy and administrative staff accessing an electronic EMR system you need have to make sure each employee signs an EMR Confidentiality Form - also known as a Non-Disclosure Form. A confidentiality or non-disclosure agreement is absolutely necessary for an Agency... Posted by [Melissa Cott](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/blog/author/melissa-cott) on Feb 14, 2022 [![](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/hs-fs/hub/375308/file-995550446.jpg)](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/blog/home-health-care-policies-emergency-preparedness) [0](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/blog/home-health-care-policies-emergency-preparedness#comments-listing) ## [Home Health Care Policies: Emergency Preparedness](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/blog/home-health-care-policies-emergency-preparedness) ### Home Health Care Policies: Emergency Preparedness In the event of a flood, fire, hurricane, tornado, blizzard, wind storm, and any other disaster that affects the delivery of scheduled home health care services, your agency should have the following emergency preparedness plan to... 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