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| SPONSORED BY 2021 Private Duty National Conference & Expo DecisionHealth is excited to invite you to the 2021 Private Duty National Conference & Expo in Las Vegas for a wonderful and responsible reunion. This 2½-day conference and expo will cover real-life examples of how private duty home care agencies can create solid infection control policies, keep clients and caregivers safe, develop flexible scheduling, increase their profits, retain caregivers, and comply with wage-and-hour regulations. | |
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| Skilled Nursing Facility Routine testing no longer required for vaccinated SNF staff | The federal government announced on April 27th that fully vaccinated staff at SNFs no longer need to complete routine COVID testing. Both vaccinated and unvaccinated staff and residents will still need to be tested if symptoms appear. “Upon identification of a single new case of COVID-19 infection in any staff or residents, all staff and … |
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Featured Event Home Health Coding Summit Coming together, coding together. Join us as we focused on coding accuracy (including COVID-19 codes), the importance of coding in PDGM, a look at new codes and guidance updates, strategies for professional development, process improvement around timely billing and gathering documentation and more. | |
Post-Acute Advisor Podcast | |
Private Duty Q&A: Revoking authorization for disclosure | Q: If an individual provides authorization for a disclosure, can the individual later revoke the authorization? Is the covered entity (CE) then required to “take back” or demand the erasure of any documentation by third parties that may have been made following the original authorization? A: Individuals have the right to revoke their authorizations in … |
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PPS Alert for Long-Term Care Avoiding lawsuits in your SNF SNFs have long been vulnerable to lawsuits, and the COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated the risk. Despite certain immunities put in place during the pandemic, SNFs are still at risk of civil suits brought by residents, families, and even staff and vendors, due in large part to the fact that nursing home residents account for approximately 40% of COVID-19 deaths in the United States, explains Todd Selby, attorney at Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman. | |
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