Medicare Fee Schedule Payment Levels for January and February at 2011 Levels
The President signed the Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011 that included extending Medicare Payments for January and February at 2011 levels. This means that the negative impact of the SGR formula has been averted for these 2 months. We will keep you apprised of actions relating to the SGR for the balance of 2012.
Home care medicine in America
Since 1984, the American Academy of Home Care Physicians has served the needs of thousands of physicians, other providers and agencies interested in improving the medical care of patients in the home. Click here to learn more about AAHCP.
The accomplishments of the AAHCP in Public Policy, Education, and fostering the development of the field of home care medicine have been significant. Click here to learn more.
American Academy of Home Care Physicians - Home Care Medicine Patient Experience - Patient Satisfaction Survey Available for Your Practice
Quality Measures are increasingly used to ecaluate and pay for practice performance. One aspect of these measures are those reflecting patient experience and patient satisfaction. Anticipating this development th Academy developed a Patient Experience/Satisfaction Survey for our member's use. The survey is available here.
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Home Care Medicine A field guide to developing successful practices & programs
Don't reinvent the wheel! Learn from Academy leaders with over 100 years of home care medicine expertise in the form of the first-ever Home Care Medicine Field Guide - the first operations manual for this developing field funded by a grant from The Retirement Research Foundation.
Covering all aspects from building the care, design and implementation, measuring success, and growing your program, this manual will give you the guidance you need to start your program right and develop its success. Included in the Field Guide are the first set of standards called Guidelines for the field of home care medicine.
With this Field Guide you will be able to:
Jump start program development and/or spur program growth to a thriving program;
Identify sources of financial and organizational support earlier;
Develop quality care delivery models and care teams sooner and achieve financial viability;
Avoid mistakes and overcome obstacles to growth and adding new services.
