Hospital Home Health Archives – January 1, 2010
January 1, 2010
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"Safety Comes First" should be more than a slogan
This is the first of a two-part article that discusses the safety of home health employees. This month, we look at the types of workplace hazards home health employees face in patients' homes. -
Don't ignore payment variances
All home health managers understand the importance of reviewing financial statements regularly, but are you correctly reporting payment variances? Are you using these variances as a way to uncover documentation or clinical issues that need to be addressed? -
OTs receive highest marks from patients
The good news for home health providers is that as the numbers of patients seeking home care rises, so do the satisfaction levels reported by home health patients. -
Care coordination decreases hospitalizations
A combination of face-to-face and telephonic case management has resulted in high patient satisfaction ratings and a significant decrease in health care utilization for patients with complex medical needs. -
Remote monitoring slashes hospitalizations
Bayada Nurse's program that combines face-to-face education and remote monitoring of clinical information reduces hospitalizations for patients with congestive heart failure and hypertension. -
News Briefs: Final rule implements 2010 HHA changes
Home health agencies will receive a slightly worse than proposed payment update from Medicare in calendar year 2010, for an average net payment decrease of 1.03%, according to the final rule released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).