Home Health Line
08/18/2022
Train staff to ask patients specific questions before they are discharged from the hospital so you can be patient-ready as more acute patients are seeking home care. This one step will smooth the transition and improve quality outcomes.
08/18/2022
Hospice agencies are being held to the fire by auditors recently due to the return to regular surveys that were on hold during the start of the pandemic and recent attention from OIG.
08/18/2022
Anytime an agency gives money or a gift to a referral source or patient it can be seen as a bribe, so agencies need to tread lightly when it comes to giving or receiving anything that could be considered a kickback.
08/18/2022
As the world continues to reunite, we are all different then we once were. We now have different needs and priorities, and employees have come to learn it’s OK to openly share them in the workplace — especially when it comes to mental health.
08/18/2022
08/11/2022
Proposed cuts to Medicare payments next year, with more cuts possible in the near future, may impact the M&A market down the road. But, for now, demand for home health agencies remains high.
08/11/2022
Having an effective clinical documentation improvement program may be key as home health faces an increase in third-party scrutiny related to additional documentation requests and the Review Choice Demonstration.
08/11/2022
Use the top five issues with non-affirmation in RCD states to assess your agency's audit risk.
08/11/2022
The most common reason for denial of Hospice General Inpatient Care (GIP) under a recent review was “Hospice General Inpatient Reduction — Services not reasonable and necessary.”
08/11/2022
This graph shows the general trends in transactions made in the certified home health and hospice industries, as well as non-medical home care agencies, from 2018 through the second quarter of 2022.

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