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Did You Know…Medicare pays for Activities Related to Home Health?

In order for a home health agency to deliver physician-ordered home health services, the agency must prepare a Plan of Care (POC) for the patient that conveys the physician’s orders for the care.  The POC must be signed by the … Read Full Post

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Common and Avoidable Survey Issues – Failure to follow the Plan of Care

We’ve established that regulators are pretty narrow-minded when it comes to interpretation of the rules.  And they have to be.  Subjectivity contaminates the process and things fall through the cracks.  In this installment of our four-part series on Survey Issues, … Read Full Post

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Tracking the Details

AHCA, CMS and accrediting organizations require the continuous tracking of certain information, such as educational hours, license expiration dates and insurance coverage, just to name a few.   Home health agencies and nurse registries vary in their sophistication and mechanisms to … Read Full Post

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