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Compliance Conundrum?
Beacon Health needs your help! Please let us know if you would be interested in speaking with us about this great opportunity. Do you have a compliance issue at your agency that needs to be solved? Let us help you solve it. Beacon Health’s newsletter, Homecare Administrator, is looking for someone with a troubling compliance [...]
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Authors, Contributors Needed!
Fri, Dec 17, 2010
Beacon Health needs your help! Please let us know if you would be interested in speaking with us about these great opportunities. We are looking for an author to write our 2011 book on Reducing Rehospitalizations in Home Care. This book will assist home care leaders and staff in assessing and treating patients to reduce [...]
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Influenza Data Element Guidance
Thu, Dec 16, 2010
M1040: Influenza Vaccine: Did patient receive the influenza vaccine from your agency for this year’s influenza season (October 1 through March 31) during this episode of care? Definition of episode of care is from SOC/ROC to transfer or discharge Question should be answered “yes” or “no” if any portion of the episode falls within the [...]
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OASIS-C Guidance for M0030, M0102, and M0104
Tue, Nov 16, 2010
These three OASIS-C items continue to generate confusion for homecare providers. To assist your understanding: M0030: Start of care date Providers should ensure that the date matches the first billable visit date of the episode of care; accuracy is essential because many aspects of data collection are dependent upon this date. When an RN performs [...]
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Must notification and reconciliation of medications for M2002 and M2004 occur within one calendar day of the identification of problems or within one calendar day of completion of the assessment?
Fri, Oct 1, 2010
Q: Must notification and reconciliation of medications for M2002 and M2004 occur within one calendar day of the identification of problems or within one calendar day of completion of the assessment? A: With M2002, medication follow up, and M2004, medication intervention, ask whether the physician was contacted within one calendar day to resolve, or discuss [...]
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Transfer assessments
Thu, Sep 23, 2010
The transfer to inpatient facility (TIF) assessment can be completed with or without discharge from the agency. Typically, the agency will want to complete the TIF without discharge to prevent issues such as partial episode payment adjustments.
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Thu, Dec 23, 2010
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