As of April 23, 2007, a total of 4,960 home health agencies have signed up for the HHQI National Campaign.

Open Enrollment
All Medicare-certified home health agencies (HHAs) can join the campaign at any time. Almost 5,000 HHAs have already joined. What other agencies would want to join now?

• HHAs that just became aware of the HHQI Campaign
• HHAs that were not sure what was involved
• HHAs that just received their Medicare certification.

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The HHQI Web site is updated weekly with additional information, tools and resources. Bookmark the Web site and visit it weekly. The Quick Links on the home page facilitates easy travel to frequent and important sites.

Summary of Results
The survey results from the Emergency Care Planning BPIP are now available on the HHQI Web site.

The Best Practice Intervention Package Survey helps the HHQI team

• improve the packages
• understand barriers to accessing the packages, etc.
• know whether we are on target with the materials
• recognize when there is a need modify the materials.

Thanks to everyone who completed the survey. The next survey will be available May 8 – May 15 and will focus on the Medication Management BPIP.

Home Health Agency of the Month

Joyal Health Care Services
Jacksonville, FL

"At Joyal Health Care, we are committed to providing quality and affordable home health services to our patients. Your in-depth materials are very useful and will positively impact our agency. Thank you for your continued help, guidance, and support. Please keep up the excellent work."
- Joyce Morgan, Administrator

The For Managed Care page on www.homehealthquality.org is designed specifically to be of value to those working in a case management payer setting. The purpose of this page is to provide a high level overview about reducing avoidable hospitalizations and to suggest ways those working in managed care might use the best practice interventions to support cost-effective quality outcomes.

Suggestions for Use: Forward this link to anyone you know in managed care.

Send the Seven Key Points for Managed Care Related to Reducing Avoidable Acute Care Hospitalizations to your case manager contacts.

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Judy Lentz is the Chief Executive Director for the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA). This organization is for individual members of the nursing team working in the specialty of hospice and palliative care across the life span continuum.

HPNA pledges to:

• Serve as a monthly consultant to the home health QIOSC with completion of the monthly campaign intervention packages (providing material for the Hospice/Palliative Connection)
• Share HPNA patient-centered multidisciplinary tools/resources and tips that can assist home care agencies with increasing quality of care and decreasing avoidable hospitalizations
• Make a variety of educational multidisciplinary programs/products available to home care via a variety of methods
• Serve as a research resource; agencies can contact hpna@hpna.org for support.

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View the April 2007 Tips of the Week.

View the March 2007 Tips of the Week.

View the February 2007 Tips of the Week.

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View the April 2007 e-Bulletin.

View the March 2007 e-Bulletin

View the February 2007 e-Bulletin.

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