Hospital Home Health Archives – November 1, 2003
November 1, 2003
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Not going to take it anymore: One agency’s fight to appeal unfair survey
Surveys can be stressful enough, but how would you react to a complaint-based state survey during which the surveyor never asked for information from the physician or home care nurse involved? -
Know what your rights are before a survey goes wrong
What happens if your survey report is full of inaccuracies and crosses the boundary of typical standard-of-care expectations? Are you prepared to appeal? -
Telemedicine offers regular patient monitoring
This is the first of a two-part series that looks at telemedicine in home health. In this article, representatives from two agencies describe their programs and specific issues related to choosing technology and patients who are appropriate for telemedicine. -
Put yourself in MD’s shoes before asking for referrals
Will that new supply of coffee mugs, calendars, note pads, and pens engraved with your agencys name and phone number make physicians or their nurses refer to your agency? Probably not, according to experts interviewed by Hospital Home Health. -
LegalEase - HHAs take note: OIG looks at joint ventures
The Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has issued a Special Advisory Bulletin on contractual joint ventures. Now is the time for agencies which are owned or affiliated with hospitals to review the arrangements in which they provide services. -
News Briefs
CMS starts plan to boost compliant claims; Study: More than half of HHAs not ready for HIPAA; CMS begins effort to stop wheelchair benefit abuse -
2003 Salary Survey Results: Good managers are secret to retaining experienced nurses
Home health agency managers have looked at every aspect of their new employee recruitment programs to identify how to best attract good nurses.