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The Bird’s-eye View of a Hospice Volunteer Coordinator

Traditions Health

During that time, she’s come to understand what patients need, and how volunteers can add value. While it’s true The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) require volunteers to perform 5% of direct patient care hours per month for hospice agencies, she insists their contributions go far beyond simply meeting that goal.

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Secure Your Pay Now: Essential Home Health Nurse Documentation Updates

The Productive Home Health Nurse

Needless to say, Medicare needed to figure out a better way to measure, account for, and reimburse for home health services in a way that would increase each patient’s probability of receiving quality care that was actually effective (show me some receipts!!!) WHY ARE THESE DOCUMENTATION UPDATES HAPPENING + WHY ARE THEY IMPORTANT?

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Top Home Health Nurse Documentation Updates for 2022 That Actually Affect Your Paycheck

The Productive Home Health Nurse

Now, no need to read it again, or rush to write it down because you can download the Top Home Health Nurse Documentation Updates for 2022 below. So instead of your agency getting paid for your nursing visits based on volume metrics, they would be paid based on the value provided to your patients’. M1830 – Bathing.