Category Archives: Home Health
A Simple Guide to Employee Appraisals
In today’s world of Human Resources, ensuring your appraisals are and on time way is paramount to a successful workforce. Performance reviews are necessary for a productive and accountable work environment. Can you make appraisals a pain free and simple … Read Full Post
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
What We’re Reading – Dealing with The Stress and Fear of Returning to Work During Covid19
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has been an unexpected and unprecedented event, and it has caused increased stress and anxiety for employees everywhere. Our lives, so to speak, have been disrupted, and support resources to help employees cope with returning to … Read Full Post
What We’re Reading – Predicting COVID-19’s Long-Term Impact on the Home Health Care Market
It was expected that 2020 would bring some staggering changes to the home health industry as a result of the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) and phasing out of the Requests for Anticipated Payment (RAP), resulting in the exit of smaller … Read Full Post
The Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan
It’s probably a good idea for all businesses to have a plan to handle emergencies, but for health care businesses, emergency plans are a requirement. For home health agencies and nurse registries, the requirement is for a Comprehensive Emergency Management … Read Full Post
What We’re Reading – Trump Signs New Law Relaxing PPP Rules: What You Need to Know
The recent Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act (PPPFA) brings good news to small businesses who borrowed funds under the PPP. In response to concerns from business owners, the new law corrects or simplifies some of the original CARES Act’s provisions, … Read Full Post
What We’re Reading – It’s Time to Come Up with a Long-Term Plan for Remote Work
This short opinion piece seems to contradict the comments in another article we read on remote working that was summarized on our blog. This columnist raises the point that while businesses are eager to get everyone “back to work,” this … Read Full Post
What We’re Reading – Why We Won’t Be Keeping Working from Home
The coronavirus pandemic has reshaped how most American workers do their jobs; however, will the temporary fix of working from home become an unexpected way to save money and increase productivity? This article explores the perceived benefits of working from home and … Read Full Post
What We’re Reading – McKinsey Analysis: Up to $250B of Healthcare Could Be Virtualized
This article summarized an analysis of the growth in telehealth done by McKinsey & Company, which as we know, has been exponential due to the COVID-19 crisis. The article noted that providers are seeing 50 to 175 times the number … Read Full Post
What We’re Reading – OSHA Return to Work Guidance
As the COVID pandemic rages on and businesses are struggling to get back to normal. What guidelines do we use to keep our employees safe and avoid mis-steps? Here is an article that highlights the recommendations from The Occupational Safety … Read Full Post