(Los Angeles, CA, August 24, 2012) Axxess held a Wound Care Training seminar at the Sheraton Gateway Los Angeles, CA titled “Multidisciplinary Wound Care Management: Taking a Comprehensive Approach in the Post Acute Setting”. The seminar was successful with attendees from across the country. Participants at the seminar were also... Keep Reading

Medicare requires that all home health agencies create a comprehensive Plan of Care, also known as the CMS 485 form. This plan of care is required to contain information regarding the diagnoses treated, the medications patient takes, the frequency and duration of all services being rendered, and interventions and goals... Keep Reading

(Galveston, TX, August 14 - 16, 2012) The 43rd annual conference of the Texas Association for Home Care and Hospice at the Moody Gardens Hotel and Spa Resort in Galveston, TX was a gathering of Texas’ home care and hospice finest. With over 500 attendees, the home care and hospice... Keep Reading

The benefits of wellness and physical activity are generally well known, and home health agencies should be more involved due to the benefits they directly and indirectly accrue from investing in employee wellness, and considering employees spend considerable time at the workplace. Most home health agencies consider employees their most important... Keep Reading

(Point Clear, AL, August 1, 2012) Axxess continues to support the education and training needs of the home health industry by serving as the Gold Sponsor, Exhibitor and Major Raffle Sponsor of the two-day Gulf Coast Home Care Conference, held at the beautiful Grand Hotel Marriott in Point Clear, AL.... Keep Reading

Pasco County mother-daughter pioneering entrepreneurs have established health services business over the past two decades with agility, innovation and commitment to business ethics. (New Port Richey, FL,  June,  2012) What was considered sound, ethical, open ended business strategy by woman-owned Mobile Personal Services, Inc. (MPS) of New Port Richey, FL. has... Keep Reading

Zone Program Integrity Contractors (ZPICs) audits were created by the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003.  ZPIC audits replace the existing Medicare program safeguard contractors and are part of efforts to enhance auditing capabilities through centralization of audits as well as identification of alleged non compliant activities.  [1] ZPIC contractors are... Keep Reading

According to homehealthcahps.org, Development of the CAHPS report began in 1995 as part of the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Initiative. The Federal Government’s intention in creating the CAHPS reports was to increase the public’s ability to make informed choices about their healthcare and who provides this care,... Keep Reading

(from the CMS and other sources) On Friday, July 6, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) issued proposed rules regarding the Medicare program: Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update for Calendar Year 2013, Hospice Quality Reporting Requirements, and Survey and Enforcement Requirements for Home Health Agencies. The proposal includes... Keep Reading