-
This is the second of a two-part series exploring regulatory changes that affect home health reimbursement. Last month, we examined health care reform's effect on home health in several different areas. This month, we take a close look at the outlier cap.
-
A significant change in the way home health agencies may be paid in the future is included in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
-
The easiest way to avoid reaching the 10% outlier cap is to avoid admission of patients most likely to result in an outlier episode. This could mean looking carefully at admission of patients with congestive heart failure, non-healing wounds, and diabetes.
-
Staff members at Advance Care in Richmond, VA, have taken a two-pronged approach to controlling patient care costs for patients who typically fall into the outlier category.
-
Assistive technology can make life better for everyone and help people live independently in a safe environment, whether they have a catastrophic illness or injury or are elderly with cognitive and/or vision issues...
-
Almost 40% of chronically ill older adults in the United States live alone, and a majority of those who are married have spouses with at least one chronic illness that can affect their ability to provide support, according to a study published in Chronic Illness.
-
More older women get home-based care for chronic health issues than men, according to a study by the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance (AALTCI).
-
Eighty-nine percent of health care decision-makers believe telehealth will transform health care in the next 10 years, according to a national survey of health care and information technology professionals sponsored by Intel Corp.
-
Once the details are ironed out, health care reform will offer great opportunities for case managers in a variety of settings...
-
A new survey, conducted by a worldwide company that provides private, in-home care for older adults, suggests that older Americans and their adult children do a poor job of planning for their future needs as health begins to fail.
