Home Health Line
10/31/2019
Coders now have some guidance on how to capture health care encounters and deaths related to e-cigarette, vaping or product use-associated lung injury (EVALI).
10/31/2019
Agencies should analyze the way they operate and take a team approach to making key adjustments now in order to prepare for implementation of the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) on Jan. 1, 2020.
 
10/31/2019
Make efforts to ensure all staff receive the flu vaccine and re-educate them on best practices around influenza-specific infection prevention steps. Do this to better ensure employee productivity and positive patient outcomes this flu season.
10/31/2019
CMS has delayed implementation of the Review Choice Demonstration (RCD) in Texas, North Carolina and Florida.
10/31/2019
Days after the Oct. 15 release of October 2019 quarterly OASIS Q&As, CMS has removed one of the questions and re-released the Q&A document.
10/31/2019
While nearly 85% of agencies have already started preparing for the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM), only 5.6% say they are completely prepared, according to the 125 respondents to a question on HHL’s 2019 Home Health Clinician Productivity Survey.
10/24/2019
The latest release of CMS’s quarterly OASIS Q&As delves into issues around the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) and OASIS-D1, providing much-needed guidance for agencies on how to meet CMS expectations for the assessment heading into 2020.
10/24/2019
Hospices and home health agencies should take steps to educate patients and families about how to safely store and dispose of medications — especially opioids — to ensure patients have access to the medications they need and to prevent diversion of drugs into the community.
10/24/2019
Agencies will no longer be required to provide patients with a verbal notification of all their rights — with two exceptions — based on changes finalized in a rule designed to reduce burden in the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
10/24/2019
The Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) will negatively impact agency cash flow. The question is when — and how much — that negative impact will be felt.

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