Home Health Line
05/12/2022
Agencies should ensure clinicians are familiar with the high-risk drug classes ahead of OASIS-E implementation and the addition of N0415 (High-risk drug classes: use and indication).
05/12/2022
One of the publicly reported quality outcome measures that improved slightly in April’s quarterly refresh of home health data on Care Compare was “How often patients’ breathing improved.”
05/12/2022
As government audits start to pick back up after a hiatus earlier in the pandemic, agencies should beware of one specific type of audit that can be financially devastating to an agency: a UPIC audit.
05/12/2022
The data show the latest national averages for quality of care measures, released in April, compared to January’s release on Care Compare.
05/12/2022
This tool will help your clinicians get comfortable with new OASIS item N0415 (High-risk drug classes: use and indication) and ensure they are familiar with the high-risk drug classes
05/05/2022
Monitor your state’s guidance around Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) as officials prepare for a federal mandate that Medicaid home health providers use EVV to log visits beginning Jan. 1, 2023.
05/05/2022
As agencies look to set themselves apart from the competition, one thing that can give them a leg up is providing specialty chronic disease programs.
05/05/2022
Both home health and hospice agencies have an underutilized resource at their disposal to assess and reduce risks to patients: the Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report.
05/05/2022
The use of Medical Social Workers (MSWs) in home health agencies has been on a quarter-over-quarter downward trend throughout the pandemic, according to new data from Strategic Healthcare Programs.
05/05/2022
While remote patient monitoring has been shown in studies to improve patient satisfaction, agencies need to carefully construct training for both clinicians and patients to get the biggest bang for the buck.

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