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Increased education and diligent observation of families and patients are the key steps initially taken by hospice staff members to prevent the spread of H1N1 Flu (swine flu) among patients, staff, and family members.
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Payments to hospices are estimated to decrease by 1.1% with the update to the Medicare Hospice Wage Index for fiscal year 2010, according to the proposed rule proposed rule published in the Federal Register on April 24, 2009.
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You've just finished reviewing the monthly financial statement for your agency, and you're pleased to see little variance in the projected expenses compared to actual expense. Does this mean your agency did well this month?
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Job cuts, company closures, and salary reductions are in all of the headlines today, but an uncertain job market can be a good thing for home health agencies.
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The detail and precision required to code and submit claims to Medicare keeps increasing, and smaller home health agencies struggle to stay on top of continuous changes. One solution sought by many agency managers is to outsource some or all of the coding and billing activities of the agency.
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Why would two patients with the same condition and treatment report vastly different levels of pain, and are genetic factors mainly responsible?
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The Joint Commission has announced the appointment of Margherita C. Labson, RN, as executive director of the Home Care Accreditation Program.
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Mölnlycke Health Care US has launched a new Clinical Education Resource Center. This new program emphasizes best practices in wound care.
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the symptoms of swine flu are the same as the symptoms for seasonal flu: fever, body aches, runny nose, sore throat, nausea, or vomiting or diarrhea. If a person lives in an area in which swine flu has been identified, the CDC recommends a visit to the physician to determine if testing or treatment is necessary.
