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- What outside-the-box strategies do you have when it comes to recruitment and retention?
There are several strategies to consider.
- Our agency has had difficulty getting documentation for the F2F requirement from certain physicians. Should we deny the referrals?
Denying a referral should be a determination based on agency policy and physician cooperation.
- Exciting news regarding your Beacon Institute membership
Dear Beacon Institute members,
We have some exciting news to report that will enrich your Beacon Institute membership. Starting next week you will start receiving a Tuesday Morning News email in place of your Monday Homecare eNews email. The Tuesday Morning News contains a breaking news story written by award-winning editors of Beacon Institute’s sister publication Home Health Line. The articles in this Tuesday email are in addition to the articles that you receive in your monthly Homecare Direction newsletter.
This is just another benefit of the merger announced last year between HCPro and DecisionHealth as part of the H3.Group. As a result of this merger, Beacon Institute members will continue to benefit from access to an increased array of in-depth compliance tips, tools and informa¬tion from trusted home health industry experts. This merger will continue to benefit Beacon Institute mem¬bers in many ways.
Thank you for your commitment to the Beacon Institute. We look forward to continuing to be your trusted source of information and training to comply with ever-changing CMS regulations.
Sincerely,
The H3.Group Team
Question or comments? Contact Editor Marci Heydt at mheydt@decisionhealth.com
- CMS details its plan to revise the home health payment model beginning in 2020
A year after outcry from the home health industry caused CMS to step back from proposed plans to create a new payment model, CMS has once again unveiled detailed plans about how it wants to revamp the way agencies are paid.
- OASIS-D draft guidance offers clarity on falls, environmental limitations
The OASIS-D draft guidance manual released July 3 offers agencies valuable clarifications about how to respond to new items.
- Removing measures among proposed quality reporting changes
Changes to the Home Health Quality Reporting Program outlined in the 2019 proposed PPS rule would contribute to big savings for agencies if finalized, CMS contends.