The Home Health Care Wire
Your source for CareVoyant and industry news. December 26, 2024
Advantages of Using a Mobile App for Private Duty Nursing
During long shifts, Private Duty Nurses take vitals and measurements, administer medications and treatments, and document the care they provide multiple times. Documenting care with such frequency can create multiple organizational challenges for PDN agencies, which, if not addressed correctly, can impact employee satisfaction and quality of care.
Discover the benefits of using a mobile app for Private Duty Nursing. Empower your nursing staff with real-time access to vital information and resources.
The population's preference to age at home, shifts in healthcare delivery models, advances in technology, and regulatory pressures drive increasing demand for home health care. Even though the demand for home health care is growing, agencies will continue to face significant headwinds in 2025.
Explore how emerging trends are shaping the home healthcare industry in 2025. Learn what’s driving innovation and improving care delivery for patients.
In 2023, CMS undertook a review of the OASIS assessment item set with the goal of reducing the burden of data collection.
Based on the review, CMS has removed a few OASIS elements, revised some of the elements, and added one new element. Learn about the OASIS-E1 changes for CY 2025 in Home Health, including updates to assessments, compliance requirements, and patient care impacts.
Home Healthcare Industry News
CMS to shutter MA VBID program, agency cites ‘substantial and unmitigable costs’
The agency said that uncontrollable cost growth contributed to the decision to end the program.
Early Lessons Learned From CMS’ Hospital-At-Home Initiative
This initiative will expire on Dec. 31 unless Congress extends it.
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