Home Health Care
Home Health Care Transitions Problem
Home Health Aide Pay Rates Increasing
Over 25 Percent of Home Health Episodes End in Rehospitalization
More Reasons to Care for the Caregiver
Long Term Care and Home Health Nurses Favored in Loan Repayment Program
New Home Health Regulations on Face-to-Face Encounters and Reimbursement
Home Based Primary Care Encouraged by CMS
Increased Wages and Overtime Protection on the Way for Home Care Workers
Latest Home Health Regulations
CMS-1353-F Final 2012 HHA Wage Index Tables
Phsysician Certification and Recertification of Services Manual Changes 4/22/11
Update on Physician Signature Requirement and Face-to-Face Encounter Requirements 3/31/11
Chapter 7 Home Health Manual Updates with Face-to-Face Revisions – February 16, 2011
Home Health Face-to-Face Guidance PowerPoint 2/16/11
Most Important Home Health Care Websites
Home Health Agency Center CMS links for Home Health billing and payment, manuals and transmittals, OASIS, and policies and regulations
Home Health PPS Useful information for understanding and implementing the prospective payment system for home health agencies. Includes Grouper Software packages.
Home Health PPS Regulations and Notices Latest Prospective Payment System rate updates
OASIS-C User Manuals OASIS-C is the updated version of the OASIS data set that must be used for all assessments of Medicare and Medicaid patients that are completed on or after January 1, 2010.
Conditions of Participation: Home Health Agencies (42 CFR 484.1) Complete regulations with table of contents
Other Home Health Care Regulatory Sites
Home Health Compare This tool has detailed information about every Medicare-certified home health agency in the country.
NANDA-I North American Nursing Diagnosis Association Develops, classifies, and maintains standardized nursing terminology. Provides updates on new diagnoses. Accepts submissions of new nursing diagnoses.
National Council of State Boards of Nursing Maintains the Nursys database, which coordinates national publicly available nurse licensure information.
National Guideline Clearinghouse Objective, detailed information on clinical practice guidelines. Originally created by AHRQ in partnership with the American Medical Association and the American Association of Health Plans.
