Home Health Line
09/26/2019
Educate aides on how to talk to patients about advance directives to ensure the most current information is on the plan of care and to better enable all staff to provide appropriate care consistent with patient wishes.
09/26/2019
Agencies now have clear direction from CMS on how to handle the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) episodes in which no visits are ordered during the first 30-day payment period.
09/26/2019
Following a recent DecisionHealth webinar about how marijuana legalization impacts home health agencies employment policies, agencies asked questions of Miranda Watkins, attorney with Fisher Phillips in San Diego, Calif. Below are some of her answers.
09/26/2019
by: BKD
The average estimated payment per period under the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) varies by clinical group and from state to state, according to analysis by BKD Health Care Group of Springfield, Mo.
09/18/2019
The home health industry submitted 548 comments on the 2020 PPS proposed rule, with many commenters expressing concerns around behavioral assumptions and CMS’ proposal to phase out Requests for Anticipated Payment (RAPs).
09/18/2019
Coders soon may have the ability to capture additional detail for patients with Stage 3 chronic kidney disease (CKD) if a proposal to expand code N18.3 (Chronic kidney disease, stage 3 (moderate)) into a subcategory is approved.
 
09/18/2019
Clinicians are taking more time to complete OASIS-D than they were to complete OASIS-C2, in part because of a new multi-part item capturing mobility.
 
09/18/2019
With the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) on the horizon, agencies should take steps to keep existing referral sources secured and away from the competition.
 
09/18/2019
About 53% of agencies say start of care (SOC) assessments take 11 to 30 minutes longer under OASIS-D than under OASIS-C2, according to the 124 respondents to a question on HHL’s 2019 Home Health Clinician Productivity Survey.
09/12/2019
CMS’ proposal to remove an existing pain measure and related OASIS item should serve as a reminder for agencies to hone clinicians’ skills in assessing and managing pain as well as monitoring for any misuse of medications.

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