Two More New Conditions of Participation
Assessment and Plan of Care The current Conditions of Participation are not specific about the scope of the assessment or the plan of care, but most agencies are already meeting the CoP’s due out in...
View ArticleConditions of Participation – Quality Improvement
Maybe the most frustrating element of Quality Improvement for us has always been that there is not a clear definition. One agency may ‘QA’ notes as they come in but never go any further. Another may...
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CoP’s Continued…. Infection Control
Historically, there have been very few studies concerning infection control and home Visits. The work environment is the patient’s home and there is only so much we can do to control it. We don’t...
View ArticleConditions of Participation… Professional Requirements
This week’s Condition of Participation involves Professional Services. These are common practice and similar to what is in place in your agency anyway. There are new requirements for the...
View ArticleConditions of Participation 2018 Home Health Aide Requirements
The section of the 2018 Conditions of Participation pertaining to home health aides is lengthy and detailed and there are good reasons for that. It is common to read reports of elderly patients who...
View ArticleHere We Go Again
A notification of the intent to re-implement the Pre-Claim Review process is being published today in the Federal Register. The purpose, as stated in the notice, is to develop and improve methods to...
View ArticleDon’t Archive Your Agency
When the list of documentation required by AdvanceMed for UPIC audits included a complete Medicare census, we were confused; or rather, we thought they were confused. Surely they can get their own...
View ArticleHome Health Denials
During January to March of this year, the top reasons for denial for Home Health Palmetto GBA claims were published on their website as listed below. They can be confusing in their meaning and so we...
View ArticleDing!
A client just received their certification report and it was good but not deficiency free as they had been in the past. The reason? Although the risk factors for hospitalization were pulled from the...
View ArticlePandemic Covid19
It’s tempting to dive into the politics here but nobody ever recovered from anything as a result of winning a political argument. Our immediate needs are to take care of and educate patients,...
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