Home Health Line
02/09/2023
Agencies struggling with medication reconciliation should consider setting up a medication reconciliation peer observation study as an effective way to align the Conditions of Participation with clinical practice.
02/09/2023
The national average for the measure, “How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season” showed a significant decline from a national average of 78.7% in January 2022 to 74.4% in January 2023.
02/09/2023
Hospices may soon be required to immediately report all abuse and neglect allegations of patients in hospice care to a state survey agency.
02/09/2023
Most current OCR audits are a result of complaints about your entity or are a result of a breach.
02/09/2023
The most recent update of Care Compare reveals a decline in the percentage of times the home health team determined if patient received a flu shot that season.
02/03/2023
The goal is to find more permanent fixes within the home health benefit as well as Medicaid and Medicare Advantage.
02/03/2023
Clinicians must answer C0200 (Repetition of three words) based on the patient’s first attempt.
02/03/2023
Clinicians should ensure they are including any prescribed medical marijuana in their documentation of all medications used by patients.
02/03/2023
Make sure your billing department and EMR are prepared for updates to claim coding instructions, particularly around disaster declarations. A recent CMS change request is looking to correct a pandemic-era blind spot.
02/03/2023
When coding for influenza cases, be sure to search your provider documentation thoroughly. For example, there is a difference between type A flu (J10.-) and novel type A influenza (J09.X2).

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