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HHCAHPS Frequently Asked Questions

Besides PECOS, RACs, MICs, MACs, and Z-PICs, the home health industry has been actively involved with CAHPs. Final rules were posted November 10, 2009. The CAHPs survey was designed to essentially determine the performance... Read more...

Top 5 Questions asked regarding PECOS

At Select Data, PECOS is a “hot” topic. Here are the 5 Top Questions asked of Select Data re PECOS…. Over the past three weeks, the home health industry has been focused on PECOS (Provider Enrollment, Chain, and... Read more...

Evidenced Based Practice

CMS, through OASIS C, is guiding the home health industry toward evidenced-based practices. These practices require the identification of a solid literature review with established clinical integrated expertise that includes... Read more...

Evidenced Based Outcome Improvement

Outcome improvement and safety in Home Care is a focus of CMS. All levels of health care are being encouraged to find evidenced- based ways to improve patient safety, prevent adverse events, and achieve optimal outcomes. OASIS... Read more...

Medicare Outlier Caps Change for 2010

In this months E-zine article, we discussed the changes that were made to outlier payments which became effective Jan 1, 2010. One of the interesting points that was brought up is how outliers were calculated prior to the... Read more...