The Home Health Care Wire
Your source for CareVoyant and industry news. October 26, 2021
The quote "If it is not written down, it did not happen" applies to medical records and clinical documentation. It can be expanded to include clarity, consistency, and quality.
Comprehensive, consistent, and complete clinical documentation is critical for home health care agencies for the quality of care to the patient and optimum reimbursement. Improving the quality of clinical documentation will significantly enhance the quality of care and patient satisfaction while reducing the risk of compliance issues during surveys. Compliance issues during the survey may lead to reimbursement delays or reductions.
Payroll processing is very stressful in a home health care agency. With multiple data sources to collect utilization data from and the importance of ensuring processing accuracy, submitting payroll for the payroll processing service or software can be time-consuming and challenging. Prompt and accurate payroll is one of the most important criteria to improve employee satisfaction.
As a Home Health Care Software provider, we find ourselves with questions about the nuances of home care services. Some of the questions we get asked are:
What is Private Duty Home Care?
Are RNs required for Private Duty Home Care?
How is it different from Nursing Care?
Do you need specialized software to manage Private Duty Home Care Agencies?
Home Healthcare Industry News
Is Consumer-Directed Home Healthcare an Option for Your Agency?
More than 10,000 people a day are turning 65 years old. At this rate, by 2040, upwards of 80 million Americans will be over 65. It’s easy to see why this demographic segment holds a lot of power and influence—especially in one important area: their health care.
This segment wants more health care options to give them the flexibility to meet their changing needs and live their lives on their own terms. Aging in place is now common. Businesses like yours are meeting this exploding need and filling the care gap.
Understanding New Interoperability Regulations That Affect Post-Acute Care
The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the fragmentation of the American health care system and put a spotlight on the significant gaps in digital access across care settings. After being largely left out of national interoperability mandates and incentives, post-acute care (PAC) providers are beginning to adapt their practices to catch up to the health care industry as a whole.
CMS Getting Closer to Vaccination Guidance for Home Health Agencies, Other Medicare-Medicaid Providers
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) revealed last week that it was in the rulemaking stage of a collaboration with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on the establishment of a federal vaccine mandate.
Last Monday, Dr. Lee Fleisher, CMS’ chief medical officer and director of the Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (CCSQ), confirmed that the agency is slated to release its guidelines in late October. Fleisher did so while appearing at the National Association for the Support of Long-Term Care’s (NASL) annual meeting.
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