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OASIS Testing Shows Need For Updated Training 07/01/10

New Process Measure Manual From CMS 05/13/10

Insights From Fazzi's March OASIS-C Skills Assessment Testing Results 05/10/10

Special Quality Update: Final Quality Outcome Chart 05/04/10

Insights from Agencies Using the HHCAHPS Survey 04/27/10

HHCAHPS® Implementation Deadlines 03/25/10

Does P4P Work in Home Care? 03/19/10

New National Average Case Mix Weight at RAP 03/11/10

Learnings From Agency Improvement Efforts 02/25/10

Fall Risk Assessment and OASIS-C 02/10/10

Insights From Fazzi's December OASIS Skills Assessment Testing Results 02/01/10

Low Cost / No Cost Tools to Help Agencies in the New Home Care Environment 01/21/2010

Three Predictions and Action Recommendations for 2010 01/07/2010

Home Health Compare Results for December 2009 12/29/2009

Compensation Systems Used in Health Care 12/16/2009

Insights From Fazzi's OASIS Skills Assessment Testing Results 10/20/2009

Home Health Compare Results for September 2009 10/09/2009

Report on Case-Mix Weight and Implications to Home Care Agencies 09/17/2009

CMS's Home Health Care CAHPS® Survey is Now on Fast Track 08/28/2009

Important OASIS-C Announcement 07/31/2009

Unique Meditation Retreat for Caregivers 07/13/2009

Home Health Compare Results for June 2009 06/26/2009

Where Are Your Referrals Going? 06/12/2009

CAHPS® and Its Implication to the Marketing Team 05/14/2009

Be Prepared For OASIS-C 04/08/2009

Free Resources for OASIS-C 03/27/2009

Get Ready for the New CAHPS® Survey 02/25/2009

CMS Patient Satisfaction Update 12/18/2008

Revised OASIS Assessment by CMS 11/19/2008

Measuring Clinical Productivity 10/23/2008

First Insights from National Best Practice Study 09/22/2008

Same Number of Referrals, Higher Number of Admissions 09/03/2008

Top Three Therapy Mistakes 08/06/2008

Home Health Compare results for July 2008 7/30/2008

Staff Satisfaction and Magic Numbers 6/18/2008

CMS Plans for Home Health Satisfaction Survey 1/30/2008

Problems with Planning and Strategies for Success 11/21/2007

Best Practice Strategies: PPS Therapy Prediction 11/13/2007

CMS Announces Plan for the Home Health Pay for Performance Demonstration 10/22/2007

Updates and Strategies for Responding to Proposed OASIS Changes 8/15/2007

Strategies for Attracting High Quality Therapy Staff 7/30/2007

June 2007 Home Health Compare Quality Improvement Charts 6/28/2007

CMS Announces Proposed Changes to Home Health PPS5/2/07

March 2007 Home Health Compare Scores with Threshold Percentiles 4/5/07

Results of Fazzi’s Survey on Possible Areas of Focus for Our 2007 National Best Practice Research Study 11/15/06

New OASIS Measures and Patient Satisfaction 10/30/06

Staff Satisfaction Surveys: Increase Retention, Save Money, Protect Quality 10/12/06

How To Implement Successful Change Projects 7/19/06

Problems With Ensuring OASIS Accuracy 05/17/06

Most Difficult Outcome Measure 2/23/06

Best Predictor of Medicare Profitability 1/20/06

High Quality Scores and P4P 10/03/05

Quality and Profitability: Can You Have Both? 08/31/05

Recommendations From the Field Related to Reducing Unplanned and/or Preventable Hospitalizations
06/23/05

New Findings on Best Practice Tools 04/27/05

Problems with OASIS Assessments and What It Means 03/04/05

Probability, Implications and Planning for 2005 01/06/05

Comparing High Nursing Productivity with Low Nursing Productivity
06/04/04

Affects of Patient Satisfaction Benchmark Systems on Outcomes
03/24/04

Traits of the Ideal Leader 03/16/04

New Findings on Customer Service Programs 02/12/04

New Insights Into What Makes an Exceptional Leader 09/15/03

What OASIS Clinical Review Process Works Best? 08/13/03

Insights Into Improving Patient Satisfaction 06/26/03

Use of Point of Service(POS) by Home Care Agencies 06/10/03

CMS's New Home Care Compare and What It Means to You 05/02/03

Target Marketing and Quality Results 03/25/03

OASIS Accuracy and CMS's Home Care Compare 02/27/03

Affect of Managers on Staff Retention 10/08/02

Admission Visit Weight For Nursing Staff 09/20/02