Category Archives: Home Health

The Importance of Customer Service in the Healthcare Industry

The need for healthcare organizations to be profitable drives the industry to enhance the participation of physicians and other caregivers, to stay abreast of technology and cutting edge changes to stay competitive and to innovate in cutting operational costs. Where … Read Full Post

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Home Health Case Managers Can Save the Day

In the field of home health, the single most important individual just might be the case manager. Given the increasing pressure for all providers to assure cost-effective, high quality care, a skilled case manager can enhance quality of care and … Read Full Post

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Employee Relations: Lay the foundation for a good business!

A good work environment is the foundation of a solid and effective employee-relations program. Employee relations focuses on communication as it relates to satisfactory productivity, motivation, morale and the prevention and resolution of problems that arise or affect work situations. … Read Full Post

Tagged employee morale, employee relations, employee-relations environment, health care organizations, home health agencies, human resources, improving company morale, job performance, job responsibilities, leadership, performance evaluations, practice management |

Professional Association involvement: It’s not just for “newbies”

Students and early careerists often ask about the most important contributor to career success. The answer never lends itself to just one factor, but usually to a list of the top three, which includes professional organization involvement. In addition, this … Read Full Post

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Differences & Similarities between Home Health Agencies and Nurse Registries – Part 3

Welcome to the third part of our series about the differences between home health agencies and nurse registries. In this installment, we’ll review the last criterion from our list: one qualifying service by direct employee. Medicare requires that a home … Read Full Post

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Differences & Similarities between Home Health Agencies and Nurse Registries – Part 2

We’ve been exploring the differences between home health agencies and nurse registries in this three-part series. In the first installment, we looked at the issues of billing Medicare and Medicaid. In this part, we’ll cover the second difference: responsibility for … Read Full Post

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Differences & Similarities between Home Health Agencies and Nurse Registries – Part 1

Many individuals who consider entering the market as a home health provider in Florida come to us with the same questions: What is the difference between a home health agency and a nurse registry? What factors should I consider when … Read Full Post

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What We’re Reading – Boost Reimbursement through Improved Documentation: 5 Tips

Physicians and coders/billers need to be on the same page when it comes to getting claims processed and reimbursed correctly. The key to this – and you’re probably sick of hearing it – is documentation. Especially with ICD-10 coming around … Read Full Post

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ICD-10 Implementation is not just Doom and Gloom

Doomsday predictions certainly abound – Heaven’s Gate, Y2K, the Mayan apocalypse – and they all came and went with a fizzle. ICD-10 has its own group of “end of the healthcare world as we know it” zealots who predict catastrophe … Read Full Post

Tagged basics of icd-10 coding, center for medicare and medicaid services, coding and billing, coversion to ICD-10, documentation, documentation guidelines, home health agencies, icd-10 assessment process, icd-10 conversion, icd-10 implementation, physician offices, poor documentation, practice management, practicing icd-10, transition to ICD-10 |

HR Issues for the Small Business: Disciplinary policies (Part 3)

Let’s face it, disciplining employees can be distasteful and this discomfort leads managers to follow the “let’s ignore the problem and see if it goes away” course of action. Not a good idea! Every business should have a standardized written … Read Full Post

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