Home Health & Hospice Care
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Special Feature: Analgesic Considerations in the Critically Ill and Injured Patient
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Choose products based on cost and effectiveness
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Rural agency cost-saving tips apply to everyone
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Can your agency survive a 15% cut in Medicare home health payments?
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4 types of incontinence need different treatments
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Gotta go: Are patients running to the bathroom?
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Study identifies traits of successful agencies
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LegalEase: Home care services and disaster planning
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Complexity of coding requires coding staff
With an average of 300 new codes, and the development of guidelines that change the way old codes are applied each year, it is critical that your agency keep staff members up to date on coding requirements to ensure that you receive the highest appropriate reimbursement, say experts interviewed. -
Angola prison shows how TLC makes a difference
In at least one way, the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, LA, is an ideal setting for a hospice: It's an encapsulated village in which 90 percent of its residents will die within its walls and fences.