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Skilled Nursing Facility

CMS expands telehealth coverage for Medicare beneficiaries

CMS released the annual Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule on December 1, expanding telehealth service coverage to Medicare beneficiaries. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, 15,000 fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries received telehealth services. As of mid-October, 24.5 million out of 63 million Medicare beneficiaries have now received some telehealth services. The final rule adds 60 telehealth …

Home Health

NHPCO unveils new quality program for hospice, palliative care providers

In honor of National Hospice and Palliative Care Month, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) announced a new quality program, NHPCO Quality Connections, in a news release on November 5, 2020. As part of Quality Connections, participating providers will complete milestones through education, application, measurement and innovation. NHPCO will provide national recognition to …

Featured Podcast

PDPM: A year in review

Long-term care expert Reg Hislop looks back on how SNFs fared over the first year of PDPM, and discusses the Part B therapy rate cut by 9%.

Private Duty

Consider these 4 tips to bolster your agency’s caregiver recruitment efforts

Turnover for private duty caregivers is an ongoing challenge in the industry, and it’s only getting worse. Consider the following tips to help address turnover at your own agency: 1. Focus on compelling job post headlines. A powerful headline can be the difference between a job candidate scrolling past your agency’s post and following through …

Home Health

Health officials making final decisions on initial vaccine distribution

As states are fleshing out their COVID-19 vaccination plans, a committee advising the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccines will hold an emergency meeting Tuesday, Dec. 1. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is tasked with advising the CDC on coronavirus vaccine distribution, reports CNN, including who should get the vaccine and …

PPS Alert for Long-Term Care

Ensuring HIPAA compliance during the pandemic

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) protects the privacy of patients, but it has a balance to it. “The balance [acknowledges] that appropriate uses and disclosures of patient information may be necessary when we need to treat the patient,” explains Joan Usher, BS, RHIA, ACE, president and CEO of JLU Health Records Systems.