Home Health: A Boost to Post-Surgical Rehab for Joint Replacement
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by Scott Snoyer
3y ago
Knee and hip replacements are more popular than ever. They are among the most common elective surgeries in the United States. Advances in procedures and implants have now made outpatient joint replacement common. More and more patients recovering from these surgeries are turning to home health for their post-surgery physical therapy. Home health offers flexible scheduling for busy patients who can’t afford time off of work and provides solutions for those patients not released to drive who have limited access to transportation. Another benefit home health agencies provide is the presence of nu ..read more
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Make it Easy for Physicians to Know When it’s Time for Hospice
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by Scott Snoyer
3y ago
Many doctors are uncomfortable with the idea of hospice or even discussing hospice care with their patients. All too often, patients begin hospice care so late in their disease that they only receive services for a few days when they could have been experiencing improvement in quality of life and symptom management for much longer. As hospice companies continue their efforts to educate physicians about the good hospice can do, it can be beneficial to use tools to help doctors know when it’s appropriate to refer a patient with a particular diagnosis. These referral materials should include the ..read more
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Home health agencies: Your CMS star rating is a great marketing tool
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by Scott Snoyer
4y ago
Competition is fierce in the home health care industry, and savvy consumers have more information than ever to help them decide which provider will be the best for their family. Are you doing all you can to help ensure patients and their physicians have easy access to your key outcomes scores to help nudge them along the way? Conveying this information is easier than ever now that CMS has two different star ratings to allow an at-a-glance look at what may some of the most credible data about your company. Although the Quality of Patient Care Star Rating and the Home Health Patient Ex ..read more
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Ways to Help Patients Rise Above Cancer
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by Scott Snoyer
4y ago
Whether you have it or someone you know has it, you have probably been affected by cancer at some point in your life. According to the National Cancer Institute, cancer is among the leading causes of death worldwide. There will be an estimated 1.8 million new cancer cases diagnosed and 606,520 cancer deaths in the United States in 2020.  Oncologists are experts in supporting their cancer patients by helping with prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. Home health centers should nurture relationships with oncology providers in their service area to connect with potential home health patient ..read more
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Choosing Home Health for Post-Stroke Rehabilitation
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by Scott Snoyer
4y ago
More than 700,000 Americans suffer from a stroke each year, and nearly two-thirds of them survive with some degree of physical or mental impairment that requires post-stroke rehabilitation. The goal of stroke rehabilitation is to recover as much mental acuity and physical function as possible. The damage that occurs in the brain during a stroke cannot be reversed, but rehabilitation can help people adapt. Rehabilitation is a team effort that begins with the patient’s physician. Physicians care for the medical needs of their patients while managing and overseeing their rehabilitation. Our Tran ..read more
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Finding the Safest Way Back…
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by Scott Snoyer
4y ago
The impact covid-19 has had on our lives is unprecedented. It has isolated our families, paralyzed our industries, and decimated our healthcare system. As America prepares to return to business as usual, we need to do everything possible to lessen the burden placed on our medical providers, first responders, and essential workers. The last thing anyone wants is to create a new wave of illness, which would compound the strain covid-19 has put on our doctors, nurses, and medical facilities. In preparing for this emergence, companies are looking for the best way to safeguard their employees and ..read more
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Taking Time to Observe Women’s Mental Health Month
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by Scott Snoyer
4y ago
May has been designated as Women’s Mental Health Month (also known as “Women’s Health Awareness Month”) since 1949. We take this time to observe and help women who are affected by mental health conditions. It is also a time to remind everybody that most serious mental health conditions cannot be cured but can be treated so these women can live healthy lives. Men and women experience many of the same mental health disorders, but they react to them quite differently. A common but often overlooked mental disorder that affects around 10% of women is post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Even tho ..read more
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How to "Make Your Mark” During Older Americans Month
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by Scott Snoyer
4y ago
The Administration for Community Living (ACL) honors elderly Americans every May with Older Americans Month (OMA). This is a perfect time for us all to promote senior independence and the role home health can play in helping seniors. “Make Your Mark” is this year’s theme for OMA. The theme was chosen by the ACL to recognize the many contributions older Americans make in our lives and throughout our communities every day. You can make your mark by educating seniors in your community on the benefits and affordability of home care. A large percentage of seniors live on a fixed income which ..read more
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Home Health and Dialysis
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by Scott Snoyer
4y ago
There are an estimated 37 million Americans living with some degree of chronic kidney disease (CKD), and roughly 700,000 of them are on dialysis or living with a kidney transplant. CKD is more common in people over the age of 65. With people living longer and the senior population escalating, the demand for treatment will likely increase. To keep pace with demand, more research and development resources are going towards home dialysis equipment and supplies. This practice is bringing home dialysis into the mainstream with home health as a growing participant in support services. If your ho ..read more
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Marketing your CMS Hospice Compare scores (Part III – Quality Care)
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by Scott Snoyer
4y ago
The final part of our series on Marketing your CMS Hospice Compare Scores covers Quality of patient care. These compare scores are based on data gathered through the HIS Comprehensive Assessment Measure. Percentage of patients getting at least one visit from a registered nurse, a physician, a nurse practitioner, or a physician assistant in the last 3 days of life. This measure assesses how the hospice team addressed the needs of the family and patient in the final days of life. Certainly, marketing this score is advisable only if it is above 90%. Families researching hospice agencies for a lo ..read more
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