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April 2010 aide newsletter, test and key

04.07.2010  |  Comments Off

Another benefit of your WHO membership! April 2010 aide newsletter April 2010 post test April 2010 post test ANSWER KEY Continue Reading »

2010 Membership: Join today!

04.01.2010  |  Comments Off

Your participation in WHO is vital to the health of your agency, your profession and your community. It is only by joining together, working together and supporting one another that home care ... Continue Reading »

More Kudos for WHO members!

03.19.2010  |  Comments Off

OCS Home Care has named it "eliete" home care agencies of 2009, and three WHO members are on it: Dunn County Homecare and Polk County Homecare are on the Homecare Elite list, ... Continue Reading »

Hospice cap struck down in court — again

03.18.2010  |  Comments Off

A second federal court ruled that the regulation for calculating the hospice cap amount is invalid. The court, sitting in Texas, agreed with the hospice who filed the lawsuit that the regulations, ... Continue Reading »

Missed visits can cost you BIG $$

03.18.2010  |  Comments Off

An Alabama jury awarded a home health patient $2.65 million dollars. The patient, who suffers from cerebral palsy, was left unattended for four days when his home health workers failed to show. ... Continue Reading »

WHO launches 2010 charge & wage survey

03.08.2010  |  Comments Off

Go here to take the 2010 charge and wage survey. You can actually take the survey online. There's also a downloadable version if you prefer to fax or mail in your ... Continue Reading »

M2002 physician response time question 2/10

02.24.2010  |  Comments Off

About the timeline for M2002: The directions state the physician must RESPOND with acknowledgement of receipt of info and/or further advice or instructions. Must that occur within one calendar day? What if you ... Continue Reading »

Congratulations to our elite members!

02.23.2010  |  Comments Off

OCS Home Care has named it "eliete" home care agencies of 2009, and three WHO members are on it! Watertown Memorial Hospital Home Health was named among the Top 100 agencies. Homecare Health Services and ... Continue Reading »

IRS: new 990 form released, with revised instructions

02.22.2010  |  Comments Off

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) this week released the 2009 Form 990, schedules and instructions that have been revised to clarify certain reporting requirements for tax-exempt organizations. Most of the changes are intended just ... Continue Reading »

Home health quality improvement

02.19.2010  |  Comments Off

February 19,2010 Data Access System Launched As an HHQI National Campaign participant, you can now register for access to the new Data Access System by clicking here. This secure Web site will allow certain ... Continue Reading »