The Home Health Care Wire
Your source for CareVoyant and industry news. May 2, 2024
Future-Proof Your Agency: Essential Software Features for Consumer Directed Services (CDS)
Investing in the right Home Care Software for CDS can help home care agencies efficiently leverage the opportunities CDS presents. An integrated software platform that can manage CDS and other services like Private Duty Nursing, Non-Medical Personal Care, Home and Community Based Services (HCBS), Home Health, will help agencies manage Consumer Directed Home Care Services and grow the agency by expanding services in other areas.
Stay ahead of the curve by integrating key software features optimized for Consumer Directed Services (CDS), positioning your agency for sustained success.
Medication management is one of a Private Duty Nurse's most essential responsibilities. Private Duty Home Care agencies should have a corporate policy to monitor narcotic counts and the safe handling of narcotics. An Effective Narcotics Monitoring Program will maintain compliance with regulations, prevent the diversion of drugs and medication errors, and maintain accountability.
This blog will discuss the benefits of the Narcotics Monitoring Program and the best practices for implementing the program in Private Duty Nursing Home Care agencies.
Between 2019 and 2023, use of Consumer Directed Services (CDS) increased 23%, with a total of over 1.5 million people signed on for these services. While the Covid-19 pandemic did spur much of this growth, CDS had already been a growing part of the home care sector and continues to grow today. There are, however, some burgeoning challenges that are arising with the expansion of this sector.
Home Healthcare Industry News
Judge dismisses NAHC suit challenging home health rate cuts; association mulls options
The National Association for Home Care & Hospice is considering its next move after a district judge threw out its lawsuit to block Medicare home health cuts.
Payment Cuts Are Having A Compounding, Dire Effect On The Home Health Industry
Home health providers’ fight against cuts to fee-for-service Medicare payment has become a year-by-year battle. But the yearly cuts are compounding, which is exactly what industry advocates are trying to illustrate to Congress prior to the next payment rule proposal.
FDA initiative explores ways to improve home care infrastructure, technology
Home as a Health Care Hub seeks to “reimagine the home environment as an integral part of the healthcare system,” according to the FDA. Though care increasingly is moving into patients’ homes, few consider the infrastructure required to enable home-based health services, the agency said in a statement last Tuesday.
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