Hospital Home Health Archives – December 1, 2006
December 1, 2006
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Knowledge of costs and group effort result in beneficial contracts
California has always been a state with high managed care penetration, but home health agencies throughout the country are seeing the need to understand how to negotiate managed care contracts as managed care organizations become more predominant. -
Common pitfalls for managed care contracts
Although contract negotiations differ from agency to agency and from one managed care organization to another, there are some very common "gotchas" for which agency managers need to look. -
LegalEase: Independent contractors: What are you liable for?
Historically, courts generally have concluded that providers are liable for the actions of their employees but not for the actions of independent contractors. -
Palliative care project providing hospice care to all
What does it take to make progress in improving end-of-life care for people impacted by chronic diseases? The answer: a little seed money from a foundation and a meeting room full of dedicated and energetic health care professionals. -
Pulling supplemental oxygen creates struggle
The right of competent, informed patients to reject lifesaving therapies has been affirmed by courts at every level, but a group of ethicists at the University of Pennsylvania wondered whether the line is as clear when it comes to supplemental oxygen. -
Documentation confirms educational needs met
Similar to teaching, documentation must meet the needs of a patient. While some documentation is better than no documentation, more detail benefits the patient because it directs staff members on the status of the education process. -
News Brief
A study by the American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) concludes that cuts to the Medicare power mobility benefit will have a devastating impact on both the industry and beneficiaries who need wheelchairs.