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Challenge Accepted: Tackling the Top Issues in Hospice and Home Health Care
It’s no exaggeration to say that the pandemic has fundamentally changed hospice and home health care.1 And while some of these changes are a net positive, such as the shift to telehealth and the increased focus on patient-centered care, others pose a significant challenge for providers. With the right approach, however, it’s possible for organizations […]
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Rising Costs, Stagnant Reimbursements: How Home Health Providers Can Navigate the New Normal
Home health costs are on the rise. As noted by Home Health Care News, home health costs rose more than any other provider setting last year. In part, this stems from a growing labor shortage — providers must pay more to retain top-tier staff and recruit new talent.1 Rising costs are also tied to stagnant reimbursements, […]
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CMS Hosts PDGM National Provider Call
On Wednesday, August 21, CMS hosted a National Provider Call for home health providers titled “Home Health Patient-Driven Groupings Model: Operational Issues.” The presentation discussed PDGM claims submission, new occurrence codes, and several scenarios related to early vs. late timing of 30-day periods and institutional vs. community admissions. Highlights include: Three new occurrence codes for PDGM: 50, […]
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Pandemic Positive: The Evolving Impact of Telehealth in Hospice and Home Health Care
When it comes to the pandemic, the word “positive” doesn’t have a great reputation. For hospice and home health providers especially, rising COVID positivity rates and ensuing restrictions created substantial challenges. According to a recent study of pandemic impacts on U.S. hospice agencies, nearly one-third of providers reported negative effects on patient outcomes related to […]
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Hospice & Home Health Webinar Talks About Finding Gold in Change and Challenges
If there’s one thing the pandemic has made abundantly clear, it’s that we can never go back to the way things were. For hospice and home health providers, the last two years have seen staff pushed to the brink — and beyond — as they coped with massive stress, minimal resources, and continually-moving restrictions. Technology […]
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Tracking Home Health To-Dos and Workflows
Home health services are seeing “much faster than average job growth” according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.1 As noted by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), however, “the COVID-19 pandemic has created and exacerbated challenges for home health just at the time of increased need.”2 Some of these challenges include lack of specific […]
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Standardizing Training for Home Health Care Staff
When it comes to job training, standardization matters, and this is especially true for home health care teams. To ensure patients receive effective and comprehensive care, home health providers are encouraged to provide training frameworks that are clear, consistent, and compliant. But evolving market challenges make this kind of standardization difficult. A recent government report […]
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Facilitating Patient Transitions to At-Home Care
Care expectations are evolving, shifting away from in-facility models to more familiar frameworks that allow patients to receive health services and support at home. Pandemic pressures have accelerated this change. Given that severe outcomes are occurring with greater frequency in non-home care settings, many older Americans now prefer to stay at home as long as […]
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Leading an Injured Patient to Recovery at Home
Home injury recovery can present challenges for even the most experienced home health provider. Thankfully, there are ways to help ease the processes that are often overlooked. From transitions to patient mental health, here are three key areas to focus on that will help maximize a home health recovery program’s effectiveness. Provide Effective Transitions A […]
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Three Ways Home Health May Evolve Post-Pandemic
Ninety percent of seniors plan to stay in their current homes for the next five to ten years, but 72 percent of low-to-moderate income individuals report a chronic illness that makes this aging-in-place approach more challenging.1 Home health care offers a way to bridge the gap by providing critical assistance where patients feel most comfortable. […]
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