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Friday, November 20, 2020

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Find out how other agencies are planning for home health success in 2021!

Agencies spent 2020 dealing with COVID-19 response, fighting to keep patients and staff safe, while adjusting to a new payment model. As we round out this year and start planning for 2021, take some time to share lessons learned and your plans for success in the coming year. After you take this quick survey, we’ll email you a summary of our annual trends survey results including plans that other agencies are making for continued success in 2021.

Home Health

HHS pitches 10-year expiration for several rules

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed a new rule November 4 that would require a review of rules every 10 years “to determine whether the regulation is still needed and whether it is having appropriate impacts,” according to a release. Under the proposed rule, any regulation issued by HHS, with certain exceptions, …

Private Duty

FFCRA Exemptions for Healthcare Providers Clarified

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently clarified which healthcare providers are exempt from the Families First Coronavirus Response Act’s (FFCRA) paid sick and family and medical leave policies. How We Got Here When the FFCRA was first enacted, the DOL indicated healthcare providers’ employees were exempt from the emergency paid sick leave and expanded …

Featured Event

Submit a proposal to speak at DecisionHealth’s home health events

DecisionHealth is doing something monumental in 2021 and combining all the annual home health events into one can’t-miss extravaganza that will deliver fresh valuable content for nearly every title and function in home health agencies. We are recruiting home health professionals to speak at our Home Health World conferences, taking place between Aug. 16-19, 2021, …

Employment

Employers Focused on Extended Remote Work, Impact of Presidential Election, Littler Survey Finds

(November 18, 2020) – Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has released the results of the Littler Employer Pulse Survey Report. The survey was completed by representatives of nearly 1,100 companies in mid-October – seven months after the remote-work pivot necessitated by the coronavirus and just weeks before the 2020 …

PPS Alert for Long-Term Care

Influenza or COVID-19? Identify the differences

While we have all been living with the COVID-19 pandemic for a majority of 2020, the flu season is now upon us as well. As both the flu and COVID-19 share commonalities, it can be difficult to determine the difference when residents are showing symptoms, but it’s vital that staff be ready to differentiate and address both.