Hospital Home Health Archives – January 1, 2006
January 1, 2006
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Get the best reimbursement by making sure claims are accurate
In the constant struggle to meet patient needs and still show a profit on your bottom line, you've cut costs and improved productivity. -
Preceptors can improve retention of new nurses
A new job can be overwhelming no matter what industry you may choose, but when the new job is in home care, saying that the job is overwhelming may be an understatement. -
Methods to improve home health employee safety
Actual scenarios: A nurse goes to check on a pediatric patient, and the mother punches her with no provocation. -
Four tips to protect your agency's employees
Protecting employees as they travel throughout the area and into many different types of situations often means giving them trainings and tools that can help them avoid, or escape, a dangerous situation. -
CMS takes steps to ease emergency
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) relaxed some rules and requirements for home health agencies that provide care to patients who were relocated as a result of Hurricane Katrina. -
Fixed performance areas for random surveys announced
Although the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) begins unannounced surveys for all organizations in 2006, it does not mean that random unannounced surveys will end. -
What you should know about Medicare managed care
Managed Medicare plans recently got a "shot in the arm" in the form of significant increases in rates they are paid. These rate increases have encouraged them to once again seek to enroll more Medicare beneficiaries. -
Community interventions aid self-care, prevention
A program designed to prevent emergency department (ED) visits and readmissions for chronically ill older adults sends nurse case managers from Valley Health in Winchester, VA, into Virginia's northern Shenandoah Valley to assist clients with special health needs.