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Home Health Conditions of Participation Answers, 2022 Decision Health

Ensure your home health agency's policies and procedures are up to par as surveyors hone in. Significant adjustments to processes and resources are required to comply with CoPs, especially for those focused on infection control and prevention, patient rights, care planning, and quality assessment and performance improvement (QAPI).

To help you navigate these categories and standards, you need DecisionHealth's Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs) Answers, 2022. It's the only resource you have to help you rapidly get up to speed, implement compliant processes and avoid hefty CMS penalties at your next survey.

This resource systematically walks you through each requirement along with its interpretive guidelines, ensuring you have the context you need to achieve alignment and compliance as you lead your agency.

Updated for 2022: NEW! Latest data on survey citations and tips for avoiding the top mistakes. NEW! Successful agencies sharing tips on lower readmissions and enacting emergency response plans. NEW! Quality improvement lessons key to HHVBP success, including rehospitalization, dyspnea, patient surveys and more. NEW! Tips for successful telehealth operations. More than 30 tools covering a range of CoP topics, including infection control risk assessment forms, high-risk hospitalization protocols, sample emergency management plan, and much more!How to prepare for targeted home health infection control surveysSurvey results under the CoPs, including data about most common standard- and condition-level citations. Detailed analyses about how to avoid standard- and condition-level citations in areas surveyors are currently scrutinizingSignificant updates throughout the book about the final interpretive guidelines and how they inform surveyors about the CoPs. Instruction about how CMS has trained surveyors to comply with the CoPs and conduct surveys. Additional content about how to set up and succeed in performance improvement projects under the QAPI requirements.
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