by Complia Health | Blog Post
The looming shortage of home health care workers is of no surprise to most agencies. In fact, most agencies say that recruiting home health workers to their agencies, and retaining great employees, top the list of their major challenges and concerns. With demand for...
by Complia Health | Blog Post
Currently, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has a backlog of more than 25,000 appeals for home health care services that have been denied. In many of these cases, the agency claims that it does not have enough information to make a determination,...
by Website Admin | Blog Post
One of the most disruptive trends in health care today is the shift away from hospital care to care in the community. In other words, patients are spending less time confined to a hospital, and spending more time recovering at home, where they are generally more...
by Complia Health | Blog Post
In March, CMS announced the final rules for the new Conditions of Participation (CoP) for home health agencies. In development for nearly three years, the new CoPs marked the first significant update of the rules since 1997. These new CoPs were set to go into effect...
by Complia Health | Blog Post
According to a new study at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, there are serious gaps in communication between physicians and home health providers — gaps that can significantly contribute to higher readmission rates as well as other problems with the...
by Complia Health | Blog Post
Even though there are more than 2 million home health professionals providing care for nearly 5 million people every year — making it a significant part of the overall health care system in the U.S. — the industry is faced with significant challenges. Among them...
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