Home Health Line
04/04/2019
While experts agree it’s important to start preparing now for the Patient Driven Groupings Model (PDGM), it’s equally as important not to lose sight of appropriate patient care or how reimbursement functions under the current payment model.
04/04/2019
Revisit best practices for responding to the OASIS item involving patients’ risk for hospitalization.
04/04/2019
Incomplete information in medical records and having to call clinicians and/or physicians for clarification remains the biggest barrier to coding productivity.
04/04/2019
After more than a year of legal back-and-forth, home care agencies in New York can rest easy in the longstanding practice of paying live-in caregivers in the state for 13 hours a day — excluding sleep and rest periods.
04/04/2019
Agencies recently asked a number of questions of industry expert J’non Griffin, president of Home Health Solutions, LLC in Carbon Hill, Ala.
04/04/2019
by: DecisionHealth’s 2019 Home Health Coders’ Productivity Survey
About 40% of coders code six to 10 charts in an average day, while about 30% of coders code about 11 to 15 charts in an average day. That’s according to the 283 respondents to a question on DecisionHealth’s 2019 Home Health Coders’ Productivity Survey.
03/27/2019
by: J'non Griffin
During claims processing under the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM), Medicare systems will pull information to automatically assign appropriate early or late timing and community or institutional admission categories to patients. Both variables factor substantially into payment methodology, with CMS paying higher rates for the first 30-day payment period and for patients coming from institutional sources.
03/27/2019
It’s not enough to discuss proper handwashing techniques within a detailed infection control policy. It’s crucial to fully train clinicians and aides on the policy and on proper techniques.
03/27/2019
Hold a tabletop exercise to gain a greater awareness of HIPAA security and to know how your agency should respond to a ransomware attack.
03/27/2019
Following a recent DecisionHealth webinar about reducing hospitalizations using a QAPI approach, agencies asked questions of industry expert Diane Link, owner of Link Healthcare Advantage in Littlestown, Pa. Here are some of her answers.

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