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May
  • 16 PPS Plus Software Moves Closer to Beta Testing Benchmarking Product
      Are you trying to stay afloat in today’s strenuous healthcare environment? Home health is one of the most heavily regulated industries in the United States. At this point, your agency should be preparing for and preventing Medicare contractor audits…...more
  • 16 Software Tip of the Month - May 2012
    Security Levels in Settings Some of our software clients have asked how the new security level for users, organizational administrator, differs from those that already existed. The security allowance of each user in OASIS Analysis Plus is listed below: Administrator…...more
  • 15 OASIS Tip of the Month - May 2012
      Discuss venous stasis disease in this month's OASIS tip. Click here to print this tip!  
  • 09 Coding Tip of the Month - May 2012
    Where Should I Code These V Codes? Walk through this sample scenario to practice your coding skills. Click here to print this tip!  
  • 08 How to Appropriately Use Twitter to Promote Your Home Health Agency
    By David Chilcote II, MSW About Twitter Twitter, a free microblogging website, was first created by a 10-person team in San Francisco. First named “Obvious,” Twitter has grown into one of the most successful social networking sites in modern history…...more
April
  • 19 Software Tip of the Month - April 2012
    ICD-9 Code Usage Report The ICD-9 Code Usage Report helps to identify which codes are being utilized most often in your agency. It also informs you of the number of patients that have a specific code as either a primary…...more
  • 13 Coding Tip of the Month - April 2012
    Monthly Foley Catheter Changes Walk through this sample scenario to practice your coding skills. Click here to print this tip!  
  • 13 OASIS Tip of the Month - April 2012
    M1810 & M1820 Discuss M1810 and M1820 (the patient’s ability to safely dress their upper and lower body) in this month's OASIS tip. Click here to print this tip!  
  • 13 Creating a Culture of Excellence in Home Health
    by Ginny Kenyon Many home care agencies strive for and claim they have excellent services, but rarely do we ever hear a home care agency talk about a culture of excellence - one that sets them apart from other home…...more
March
  • 14 Software Tip of the Month - March 2012
    Transfer and Discharge Assessment Don’t forget that it is very important to import all assessment types into PPS Plus, including transfers and discharges. Transfer and discharge assessments have an OASIS Analysis Report that checks documentation that is specific to those types…...more


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May
November
  • 02 Key Points for the Final Rule
    The Final Rule has been released! As we are busy reading and interpreting the final changes for CY 2012, here is a list of a few key points:   1. Home health agencies will see a base episode rate for…...more
September
  • 16 Jennifer Warfield Publishes Her Second Book!
    In the second edition of Tips, Tricks & Tidbits for Home Health Professionals, Jennifer Warfield, RN, BSN, HCS-D, COS-C, expands on the clinical and ICD-9-CM coding knowledge that she shared in the first. The new book includes everything you loved…...more
July
  • 11 We’re Changing YouTube Channels!
    We're changing YouTube channels! As of Friday, Juyly 15, ppsplus2000 will no longer be an active YouTube channel. Our new channel, which is currently open, is www.youtube.com/user/ppsplus. If you're a current subscriber to our expiring channel, please make sure to…...more
March
November
September
  • 21 PPS Plus and PECOS: A New Way to Verify Enrollment
    Last week, PPS Plus Software released a software update to its Home Health Edition v6 designed to help home care agencies navigate through one of CMS's latest regulatory systems, PECOS (Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System). PPS Plus Software's PECOS Enrollment Validation…...more
July
  • 08 PPS Plus Recognized in Leading Home Health Publication
    PPS Plus Software made home health headlines when Nason Hospital Home Health Agency's director, Sharon Snider, reported that while many agencies have seen a decrease in case mix scores and Medicare reimbursement since the implementation of OASIS-C, her agency has…...more
June
  • 11 Recap from IAHC Tradeshow
    by John Shinn, President Jan Favre, Account Executive, and I just returned from the Iowa Association in Home Care's 2010 Annual Conference in Altoona. I had the honor of being select to give two presentations while there - "Are You…...more
May
  • 26 PPS Plus Serves Up Food, Fun and Education at Annual Event
    Some of PPS Plus Software's closest friends and colleagues from across the region joined us on May 7 for our 2010 Crawfish Boil. The day featured Southern-celebrated food, music and fun activities and an all-day ICD-9 coding course presented by…...more
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February
  • 16 PPS Plus Rolls in Biloxi Mardi Gras Parade Today
    The PPS Plus staffers make their way toward Downtown Biloxi today to take part in Gulf Coast Carnival Association's 2009 Mardi Gras parade. The parade is scheduled to begin at 1 pm and will include more than 30 floats representing…...more
  • 16 Jennifer Warfield Invited to Speak in Illinois and Oregon
    Education Director, Jennifer Warfield, RN, BSN, HCS-D, COS-C has been invited to present at Illinois Homecare Council's (IHCC) 2009 Annual Conference and at the 2009 Oregon Association for Home Care (OAHC) Annual Conference. She will be presenting ICD-9 coding sessions…...more
  • 09 Denise Burch Earns HCS-D Certification
    Coding and OASIS consultant, Denise Burch, LPN, can now add HCS-D to her credentials after earning her homecare coding specialist (diagnosis) certification from the Board of Medical Specialty Coding. Denise is now among the clinicians on staff who can offer…...more
  • 02 PPS Plus Software Moves Into New Headquarters
    The PPS Plus Software offices moved into new company headquarters in Biloxi, Miss. on Friday, Jan. 30. The move is an exciting step for PPS Plus Software as the number of personnel and services have increased significantly since 2006. Although…...more

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