Tag Archives: home health agencies

Knowledge is Power: Policies & Procedures

We’ve been reviewing various steps along the process to get your long-term care business up and running [catch up by clicking here] and this installment concerns your comprehensive policies & procedures, or P&P. P&P are a big, tangible step toward … Read Full Post

Tagged AHCA, home health agencies, long-term care business, policies and procedures |

What We’re Reading – OSHA Proposes Publishing Worker Injury Data

In 2012, nearly three million people were injured at work, according to The Bureau of Labor Statistics. A proposed law, announced on November 7th , would require businesses with more than 20 employees to annually file their OSHA 300 form … Read Full Post

Tagged bureau of labor statistics, healthcare industry, home health agencies, osha 300 form, osha proposed rule, osha proposes publishing worker injury data, practice management, workplace safety |

Outsourcing: The Key to Mission Control

During a recent dinner presentation, a hospital CEO from another state commented about her NFP’s strong profit orientation and how its sustainment necessitated a critical review of all processes. The leadership team’s decision was to outsource several functions that are … Read Full Post

Tagged healthcare outsourcing, home health agencies, hospital outsourcing, medical billing outsourcing, outsourcing, outsourcing services, practice management |

What We’re Reading – How to Manage an OSHA Inspection

Does your company have a process for if and when any government agency shows up for an inspection? If you don’t, we suggest you add this to your priority list for the end of this year because many regulatory agencies … Read Full Post

Tagged compliance officer, home health agencies, osha inspection, policies and procedures, practice management, preparation for an osha inspection |

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

Tagged affordable care act, agency for healthcare research & quality, customer service, customer service in the healthcare industry, healthcare industry, home health agencies, medical practices, patient experiences, patient satisfaction, physicians |

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

Tagged Case management, center for medicare and medicaid services, cms, deficiency-free survey, docmentation, home health agencies, home health case managers, medicare beneficiary, quality assurance program, quality of care, RAC recovery-free operation, skilled case manager |

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

Tagged ache, american college of healthcare executives, career development, current trends in healthcare, educational advantages, health information management and systems society, healthcare financial management association, hfma, himss, home health agencies, medical group management association, mgma, networking, organization involvement, practice management, professional associations, professional organization involvement, professional organizations, social networks |

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

Tagged accrediting organizations, achc, direct employee service, home health agencies, home health agency vs. nurse registry, independent contractors, medicare, medicare certified home health agency, medicare condition of participaton, nurse registries, skilled nursing services, therapeutic services |

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

Tagged agencys provision of services, direct care providers, home health agencies, home health agency vs. nurse registry, independent contractor, medicare conditions of participation, nurse registries, quality assurance program, responsibility for a patients health |