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CMS Proposed Rule of the Home Health QAPI Program
CMS propose regulations needs more work! Make home care organizations assign the QAPI Program responsibilities to a staff member who is free of conflict between the non-clinical and clinical departments in the home care organization.
Does staff cohesiveness impact your organization success?
Leadership tools must include alternative effective forms of communication in order to achieve cohesiveness in an organization, read more...
Discipline Frequency and Duration Orders
Did you know that the Medicare week to write orders for treatments and/or frequency and duration varies from home health agency to home health agency? For more information see "Are you knew to the home…?”
Submitting Request for Records to Medicare
More than 47% of denials by PalmettoGBA for the period of 10/2017-12/2018 were related to...... Read More...
Tips
Patient-Driven Grouping Model (PDGM)-Effective January 1, 2020 CMS Home Health Payment Methodology.
Have you downloaded the CMS PDGM Excel file from the CMS Home Health Agency Center?
Results from the Target Probe & Educate Audit for October 1, 2017 - October 2, 2019.
Results from October 1, 2017-October 2, 2019 TP&E.
Ready for CMS QAPI Program?
According to CMS in 2011 several nursing homes providers begun testing CMS QAPI Program, Quality Assurance (QA) and Performance Improvement (PI), Program which includes Five Elements...
OASIS Tip - M1600 Patients discharged with an UTI on discharge and PAEs Report
Are your Potentially Avoidable Events (PAEs) Report showing an increase in patients being discharged while having an UTI?
Effective Infrastructure Process Can Help Your Agency Succeed:
Clinical Processes:
- Timely submission of completed OASIS C-1/Comprehensive Assessments by clinicians
- POC completed and mailed within 5 days of SOC/ Recert
- Quarterly chart audits
- Completing Patient and Employee Occurrence Reports
- Completing Patient and Employee Infection Control Reports
- Staff Meetings that includes educational sessions
