Watch this hour long webinar to learn how the new Quality of Patient Care Star Rating System will affect your agency and how to improve your rating.

Star ratings are used to rate a home health agency’s quality of care provided to patients. See these Star Rating FAQs for answers to the most commonly...

Here you can find information about all of the free webinars we held in 2015. For healthcare professionals, you may receive CE Contact Hours by watching some of the recordings.

Learn how the new Quality of Patient Care Star Rating System will affect your agency and how to improve your rating. This recorded webinar is free.

What is the New Home Health Compare Star Ratings System? Currently, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) informs the public about Home Health Agencies (HHA) by providing written material about each agency. Starting in July of 2015, the CMS will begin compiling that information into an easy-to-understand Star Ratings System available to the… Continue reading An Introduction to the New Home Health Compare Star Ratings

Originally published by Tortolano & Company. Read about how CMS is putting the final touches on adding star ratings to Home Health Compare.

In honor of Nurses Week this year, we wanted to re-share a story that was submitted to our "What Makes Caregiving Rewarding?" contest.

Nexium Costs Program Most The CMS dropped new data Thursday detailing the $103 billion that Medicare’s Part D prescription drug program spent in 2013. The agency said the release was part of the Obama administration’s plan to make the healthcare system more transparent. The data show the names, locations and specialties of physicians and healthcare… Continue reading CMS Unleashes Part D Drug Data

Only 251 U.S. hospitals receive top ranking on patient experience Just 251 U.S. hospitals got the highest score on a new five-star rating system the CMS rolled out Thursday. The new ratings are part of a broader initiative by the federal agency to use a five-star rating system across all of its Web pages intended… Continue reading New Hospital Rating System Announced by CMS

OASIS is the key factor in determining agency reimbursement and patient improvement under agency care. Learn how to improve your agency's oasis scores here.