Home Health Line
11/05/2021
The number of visits performed by all home health disciplines was down in 2020, including a 24% reduction in speech therapy.
10/28/2021
Educate your staff and update your processes to comply with guidance just released related to the new quality measure, Transfer of Health Information to Provider. Data for this new quality measure will be collected with the implementation of OASIS-E, expected to begin Jan. 1, 2023.
10/28/2021
Agencies trying to follow the law need to pay attention to reports of fraud and abuse in the industry, as these criminal charges and large settlements have only emboldened prosecutors — and state and federal investigators — as they focus their attention on home health providers.
10/28/2021
Clinicians go into every visit with a goal of helping a patient improve. But what happens when the patient and clinician goals don’t align?
10/28/2021
Hospice coders must give careful consideration to sequencing guidelines when assigning the primary diagnosis of a patient.
10/28/2021
Just under half (48%) of agency reps say they submit their OASIS to the state in five or fewer days, according to the 73 respondents to DecisionHealth’s 2021 Home Health Clinician Productivity survey.
10/28/2021
Use this audit tool to prepare your agency for nationwide Home Health Value Based Purchasing.
10/21/2021
A home health agency is allowed to ask whether its employees are vaccinated. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) provided this guidance, particularly singling out home health agencies as an example.
10/21/2021
Managing clinician productivity has been complicated by the pandemic. As the average number of daily visits slowly decreases over time, it’s more important than ever that agencies balance clinician satisfaction with lofty expectations for seeing more patients.
10/21/2021
Agencies should consider mapping out territories and assigning clinicians to specific areas as a way to increase productivity among staff.

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