A new version of the HQRP QM User Manual available from CMS.
Dr. Michael Burcham is the CEO of Narus Health and a professor of entrepreneurship at the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management in Nashville. At this year’s leadership conference of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Association, his keynote presentation was met with a standing ovation and cheers, plus more than a few tears.
You have until the end of the month to see whether there are any mistakes on your hospice CAHPS report.
by Audrey Kinsella To hospice nurses, this is a familiar scene. A woman nearing the end of her battle with lung cancer begins heavy, labored breathing. The daughter panics and calls 911, even though her mother is at home, under hospice care and has a valid DNR order. Paramedics arrive, administer oxygen, and transport the […]
The 2016 final rule establishing a new hospice payment system is now law. We asked a 20-year hospice veteran nurse exactly what it means to providers.
The following is from the web site for an important documentary film. We consider it worth bringing to you without editing or comment. ~Editor Motivated by their personal experiences with loss, Mike Bernhagen, Director of Community Engagement & Care Partner Relations at Rainbow Hospice Care of Jefferson, WI, and Terry Kaldhusdal, an Oconomowoc, WI […]
Thanks again to everyone who participated in the Home Care Technology Report HIPAA compliance survey we ran from February 23 through March 26. The purpose of the survey was to gather information in a manner that would allow us to compare it to the Ponemon Institute Second Annual Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy and […]
A range of products displayed and/or discussed at the recent National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) annual conference is discussed in this article. They include new and expanded visit tracking mechanisms from CareWatch, one of home healthcare’s and hospice’s first telephony service providers. Much detail is provided on use of its EVV Security […]
Beyond what is captured through EHR, Cornerstone Hospice & Palliative Care, Inc. had additional paper records dispersed across its organization. What they needed was a tool that could seamlessly bring all of this disparate information together and put it all under one electronic roof. They turned to Allscripts Homecare’s AllDocs. This article describes in […]
A study led by Joshua S. Barclay, M.D., of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, suggests that terminally ill patients with lower incomes are less likely to die at home, even with hospice care. The study analyzed data from census tracts and hospice care provider Online First.
