Don Spiers

Senior Product Manager, Relias

Most recent articles by Don Spiers

Keep a grip on your quality controls as value-based purchasing expands in home health
Keep a grip on your quality controls as value-based purchasing expands in home health
By
Don Spiers
Aug 19, 2021

Regardless of your case mix or the types of patients you serve, your agency has the ability to succeed in this Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model.

Home care’s role in advancing health equity
Home care’s role in advancing health equity
By
Don Spiers
Jul 20, 2021

Home care settings offer a few defining factors that give those providing a unique opportunity to help advance health equity.

Care transitions: Teamwork can help score a win
Care transitions: Teamwork can help score a win
Jun 17, 2021

To score and win, you must work as a team to get past the 50-yard line. The implications of failing to reach the goal are obviously more serious in post-acute care too.

Making the case: How training and personalized home care improve outcomes
Making the case: How training and personalized home care improve outcomes
By
Don Spiers
May 18, 2021

When it comes to home care, there’s a current lack of uniform training standards that isn’t doing the healthcare industry any favors. While standards exist for home health aides and other caregivers...

Peer mentoring in home health feels good and does good
Peer mentoring in home health feels good and does good
By
Don Spiers
Apr 27, 2021

Setting up a peer mentoring and coaching program doesn’t have to be a major undertaking.

Winning the tug-of-war with home health staff development
Winning the tug-of-war with home health staff development
By
Don Spiers
Mar 18, 2021

It’s a huge advantage for home health to have more patients and wider access to a variety of referral streams. But we have seen some difficulties related to that shift too.