According to survey data from Stanford Medicine, while 70 percent of healthcare professionals say electronic health records (EHRs) have improved significantly over the last five years to help streamline their practice, 49 percent point to challenges with documentation and data entry.1 This is especially relevant for hospice providers. With many expanding their offerings during the…
New rules and policy changes are certainly keeping the hospice sector busy. First, the moratorium on hospice sequestration and now the 2022 Hospice Payment Rate Final Rule! Your compliance eyes and ears here at Net Health have had their noses to the ground (or, rather, nose to the regulatory grindstone) and we’ve put together a…
Stress is everywhere. The pandemic exacerbated this problem — from health issues to lost income to strained relationships, this has been a year like no other. Despite evolving crisis challenges, however, the American Institute of Stress notes that the death of a loved one or spouse still takes top spot as the most stressful event…
While home health and hospice care differ in purpose — hospice care focuses on easing patients’ end-of-life while home health looks to address specific illnesses, injuries, or chronic conditions in the patient’s home — they share a similar process: the use of an interdisciplinary group (IDG)/ interdisciplinary team (IDT) to improve overall care. As noted…
Since 2013, the federal law has required a 2% reduction to the reimbursement (applied to the 80% of the allowed charge) that a participating provider would receive directly from Medicare; this reduction in payment is referred to as “sequestration” because a set percentage of money is automatically removed (or “sequestered”) from the amount of funding…