Home Health Line
03/18/2021
With a target for a return to normal approaching, now seems to be a great time to think about what preparations your company needs to make as it transitions back to something relatively normal.
03/18/2021
This chart breaks down the characteristics of 30-day Medicare home health periods for patients with COVID-19 compared with those patients with all diagnoses from April through October 2020.
03/17/2021
Experts answer questions on some of the hot topics in home health, including documentation advice around “services as needed,” a timeline for monitoring physician signature requests and advice on the new timeline for RAPs and OASIS submissions.
03/11/2021
Learn more about the concerns your employees are bringing to their personal COVID-19 vaccine decisions, and respond with education and empathy to address hesitancy, says agency leaders already applying these principles in their approach to the issue.
03/11/2021
Agencies should consider any clinical issues when preparing for administration of the COVID-19 vaccine to patients.
03/11/2021
With proper care management strategies in place, some agencies have achieved a balance between a cost-effective number of patient visits and quality of care under PDGM. Others have struggled to adequately plan for the two 30-day billing periods and have been left with a LUPA in the second month of care.
03/11/2021
Agencies struggling to address unbilled claims mignt need to consider operational changes and improve relationships with the physician’s office to address this costly drag on your bottom line.
03/11/2021
Ensure your coders are keeping up with the latest guidelines for correct use of new COVID-19 codes as well as codes for all related conditions.
03/11/2021
This is a look at the average number of visits per 30-day period broken down by payment type and clinical group. The data represent 4.6 million period claims billed from January through October 2020 and pulled from Strategic Healthcare Programs National Client Database.
03/04/2021
Ensure clinicians and caregivers are trained on recommended safety protocols around administering COVID-19 vaccinations to homebound patients, the CDC states in recently released guidance.

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