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In these times of turbulent change in home care, the strongest, fastest growing companies will survive. This high-impact workshop is designed to give you the latest insights into how you can grow your business by serving more clients and increasing your billable hours. You'll learn techniques to save you time and reduce your stress, and we'll show you want you need to know to make more money.February 19-20, 2013 Read More and Register Today!
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Issue: #245
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December 26, 2012
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Greetings!
... to this issue of Home Health Care Today, the leading electronic newsletter for home health care and hospice executives who want to grow their business and get ready for the future.
Please enjoy this newsletter, and join our interactive community.
Best regards,
Stephen Tweed
CEO
Leading Home Care ... a Tweed Jeffries company |
Best Wishes for a Happy, Healthy, and Prosperous New Year
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We hope you and your family had a very Merry Christmas, and we send you wishes for a
happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year!
We are very excited about the potential in 2013 for home health care, hospice, and private duty home care. There are a number of new opportunities coming your way to grow your business, serve more patients and clients, develop your leadership team, and grow your top talent.
Best wishes,
The Leading Home Care Team
Stephen Tweed, CSP
Elizabeth Jeffries, RN, CSP, CPAE
Diane West
Julie Raque
Jill Scott
Diane Buckles
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Marketing to Assisted Living without violating Anti-kickback Laws
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Part 2: Utilization of Post-Acute Services by Residents of Assisted Living Facilities (ALF's): Renting Space
By Elizabeth Hogue
As the number of years in which they have been in business increases, ALF's are more eager to help their residents "age in place." ALF's often view availability of services from post-acute providers; including Medicare home care, private duty home care, hospice, and home medical equipment (HME); as essential to allow them to achieve this goal. While ALF's want to encourage utilization of these types of services by residents, ALF's cannot lose sight of the fact that the healthcare industry is highly regulated. With ever-increasing emphasis on fraud and abuse compliance, ALF's and post-acute providers cannot afford to violate the law. How can ALF's encourage the use of services available from post-acute providers by residents? What are the potential legal pitfalls that ALF's and post-acute providers must avoid? A key legal pitfall for arrangements between ALF's and post-acute providers includes violations of the federal anti-kickback statute.
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Predictive Modeling Software helps Home Health Agency reduce 30-day
Hospital Re-admissions by 35.9%
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DAYTON, Ohio, Nov. 13, 2012 -
Alternate Solutions HomeCare (ASH) directors reported a 35.9 percent average rate decrease in 30-day hospital readmissions from the third quarter of 2011 to the third quarter three of 2012. One factor directors at ASH attribute the dramatic decrease to, is the use of Medalogix predictive modeling software, which has enabled them to specify and streamline appropriate clinical interventions.
 "Medalogix analyzes existing patient data to pinpoint the top 10 percent of patients most at risk of readmission, so we know on an daily basis where to focus our clinical resources most heavily," said Chad Creech, ASH chief development officer. "It's a reality that warning signs can be missed by clinicians during weekly visits. Medalogix's monitoring safeguards and helps us better care for our patients."
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Retain your records for Ten Years!
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 The Medicare Conditions of Participation require home health agencies to retain their records for five (5) years after the month the cost report to which the records apply is filed. Our friends at Boyd & Nicholas, The Cost Report People (R)
, tell us that the Accountable Care Act has new provisions that extend that.
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LinkedIn Update
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The Leading Home Care Network discussion group on LinkedIn has just passed 3,400 members. Check in to see the latest discussions:
The Leading Home Care Network is a closed group, and we limit membership to active owners, CEOs, administrators, and senior staff members in home health, hospice, and private duty home care. There's no blatant advertising or unrelated posts to waste your time. Take a look.
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Permission to Reproduce
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Permission is granted to healthcare publications, associations and companies to reproduce this article in your publication, or to distribute copies to your leaders, on the condition that you reproduce the credits and contact information as follows: "Reprinted with permission from Home Health Care Today. Copyright 2012 Stephen C. Tweed. To receive a FREE subscription to this newsletter, log on to www.leadinghomecare.com"
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| Stephen Tweed wants to work with you to help your company GROW! | Stephen Tweed, CEO of Leading Home Care, has been working with home  health agencies, hospice and home care leaders for over 25 years. His focus is to help you grow your business, through effective growth strategies, sales and marketing, and leadership development. Using the Storyboarding technique from the Walt Disney organization, Stephen has developed a proven model of strategic thinking, and a highly interactive process for getting your senior leaders, middle managers, and board of directors involved. He'll lead you through assessing your current reality, setting a direction for the future, defining your competitive advantage, developing focused action plans, and measuring the success of your agency and your plan.
We have also found that the biggest barrier to growth is your ability to find and keep capable people, so we have added recruiting, selection, and retention to our offerings.
If you and your leadership team want to grow your business and get ready for the future, call us today to set up a conversation with Stephen Tweed to discuss your business goals.
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