Home Health Line
03/24/2023
These 10 questionable encounters accounted for nearly 28% of the 687 questionable encounter codes listed as primary in the month of December 2022, according the Strategic Healthcare Programs’ (SHP) National Client Database.
03/16/2023
Industry comments regarding proposed changes to Medicare Advantage (MA) plans suggest CMS isn’t providing the enforcement necessary to ensure patients are receiving home health services as ordered by the physician.
03/16/2023
As more patients look to receive care at home, there’s an opportunity for home health agencies to take on higher acuity patients and become the referral partner of choice for hospitals and other providers.
03/16/2023
Coders could have a way to capture a post-acute encounter for sepsis aftercare if a proposal presented during the March ICD-10 Coordination & Maintenance Committee meeting gets finalized.
03/16/2023
A recent home health fine for employing an individual on the Medicare exclusion list serves as a reminder to home health agencies just how important it is to check the list of excluded and suspended individuals.
03/16/2023
Digital marketing through Facebook or similar avenues allows agencies to pull data from key metrics and use it to target messages to that audience.
03/16/2023
More claims included a comorbidity adjustment in 2022 than in the previous two years under PDGM.
03/08/2023
Shifting back to a comprehensive QAPI program will require varying amounts of work, depending on the choices agencies have made since 2020.
03/08/2023
Salary plus is the idea of paying exempt professionals a salary, plus additional amounts for productivity.
03/08/2023
Creative outsourcing could help both home health and private duty agencies reduce burden on key staff while continuing to navigate the staffing shortage.

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