Home Health Line
03/14/2019
The Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) will completely change the way agencies get paid and impact almost all areas of the business, making it crucial for agencies to take steps to ensure they’re ready for the change.
03/14/2019
Ensure all employees are properly classified and paid appropriately based on that classification and proposed salary level changes. Doing so will ensure your agency is in compliance before finalization of a newly proposed rule raising the salary threshold for employee overtime exemption.
03/14/2019
Before long, codes may exist to capture a patient’s diagnosis of pathological fracture of “other specified site” due to age-related osteoporosis or pathological fracture of “other specified site” due to drug-induced osteoporosis.
03/14/2019
In an effort to streamline its process and increase communication with providers, CMS has rewritten its guidance for surveyors on when and how to determine if an immediate jeopardy (IJ) to patients exists.
03/14/2019
Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Palmetto GBA shared potentially good news with certain providers struggling to achieve success in targeted probe-and-educate reviews.
03/14/2019
by: Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service, Oakland, N.J.
RNs nationwide earned about 2.4% more in 2018 than they did in 2017, according to the Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service’s 2018-2019 Home Care Salary & Benefits Report. They earned an average of $35.34 per hour, according to the more than 1,500 agencies participating in the study.
03/07/2019
by: CMS
The chart below lists the subgroups that lead to high comorbidity adjustments under PDGM. Claims with secondary diagnoses within interacting categories will qualify for a high comorbidity adjustment.
03/06/2019
CMS recently received Paperwork Reduction Act approval for its planned review choice demonstration for home health. Now it’s “finalizing the choice selection process” for agencies, a CMS spokesman tells HHL.
03/06/2019
Educate all staff on the signs and symptoms of worsening congestive heart failure (CHF). Doing so could help reduce hospital readmission for patients with CHF.
03/06/2019
As the usage of Medicare Advantage (MA) plans has increased, so too have the number of claim denials agencies face. But there are many ways to avoid denials so that the appeal process can be avoided. 

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