Home Health Line
02/27/2019
Following a recent DecisionHealth webinar about the final interpretive guidelines for the revised Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs), agencies asked questions of industry expert Diane Link, owner of Link Healthcare Advantage. Here are some of Link’s answers.
02/27/2019
Agencies will face evolving compliance challenges beginning this year. Here’s a rundown of what our experts predict you can expect in compliance in 2019.
02/27/2019
by: DecisionHealth's OASIS-D Survey
More than 75% of agencies expected a decrease in clinician productivity in the first quarter of 2019 due to OASIS-D, while only 6% expected an increase in productivity because of it. That’s according to the 270 respondents to a question on DecisionHealth’s OASIS-D Survey.
02/27/2019
Use this tool to better understand the differences and similarities between longstanding M-items used to capture functional ability and activities of daily living (ADLs) and the GG items new to OASIS-D. 
02/21/2019
Three scenarios CMS officials walked agencies through during a Feb. 12 call about the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) offer a deep dive into how the home health industry will be paid next year.
02/21/2019
In the short term, a new MLN Matters article announcing CMS will suppress payments associated with requests for anticipated payment (RAPs) for all new home health agencies nationwide will be great news for many established providers. That’s because established agencies still will be able to get RAP payments while their new competition will not.
02/21/2019
A new change request from CMS implements the policies of the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) and provides additional clarity about how the model will work.
02/21/2019
Don’t ignore the impact office employees have on client satisfaction and caregiver recruitment and retention. Doing so could cost your agency dearly.
02/21/2019
Noridian Healthcare Solutions, LLC — CMS’ new Supplemental Medical Review Contractor (SMRC) — has announced it is conducting post-payment reviews of claims for general inpatient (GIP) hospice care.
02/21/2019
by: Home Care Pulse in Rexburg, Idaho
The overall median turnover rate for office staff in private duty agencies in 2017 was 30%, according to the 2018 Home Care Benchmarking Study by Home Care Pulse. But office staff turnover varied by revenue range and percentile ranking.

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