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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has published the final rule on wage index changes and two proposed rules that affect hospice reimbursement.
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The Woman's Hospital of Texas, based in Houston, is offering caregivers in several units a "compassion fatigue" program, designed to target a little-known stress disorder that its proponents say prevents providers from giving their patients optimal care.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today required Baxter Healthcare Corp. to take specific steps to carry out the April 2010 recall of all Colleague Volumetric Infusion Pumps (CVIPs) and to provide customers with a refund, a replacement pump, or lease termination.
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The United Kingdom leads the world in the quality of care it provides dying people, and it leaves many other developed nations behind, according to a new study.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Home Health Pay for Performance (P4P) demonstration started in January 2008 and concluded December 2009.
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A survey of 219 home health agencies participating in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Home Health Pay for Performance (P4P) demonstration doesn't show dramatic differences between treatment group agencies and control group agencies in the approaches taken to improve quality of care, but it does give a good picture of the range of strategies used by HHAs.
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After two successful pilot projects aimed at reducing readmission rates, Capital District Physicians' Health Plan Inc. (CDPHP) has implemented a program aimed at ensuring that its Medicare Advantage members get the care they need after discharge to avoid a return trip to the hospital.
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More than $15 million in savings was shared with 166 home health agencies throughout the country as a result of performance in the first year of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Home Health Pay for Performance (P4P) demonstration.
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Increased efficiency is the name of the game for home health agencies as regulatory and financial changes occur in the next few years as part of health care reform. One way to improve efficiency is to make sure your field staff members have the tools they need to perform their job in a cost-effective manner.
