Home Health Line
11/07/2018
by: J'non Griffin
CMS will use specific, individual patient characteristics to determine payments for home health agencies under the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM). Understanding how the revised payment system will work is crucial to understanding its potential impact on your bottom line.
11/07/2018
Based on stakeholder feedback, CMS under the final PPS rule has agreed to include inpatient psychiatric facility (IPF) stays in the institutional category for the payment system under the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM).
11/07/2018
CMS has just given itself an additional year — until Nov. 3, 2019 — to finalize its proposed rule involving discharge planning.
11/07/2018
The 2019 national per-visit amounts for low-utilization payment adjustment (LUPA) episodes are slightly higher for all disciplines than the 2018 rates.
11/07/2018
The following is an overview from CMS about PDGM.
11/01/2018
As flu season ramps up, it’s vital to ensure patients get vaccinated. Agencies should work to educate patients about the vaccine and dispel common myths.
11/01/2018
Recognizing that under CMS’ emergency preparedness requirements each patient must have an individualized emergency plan, one agency ensured each admission packet included an emergency management brochure, which agency staff carefully reviewed with patients.
11/01/2018
Agencies have continued to improve in nearly every Home Health Compare measure included within value-based purchasing.
11/01/2018
Nearly 400 fewer agencies earned five stars in patient satisfaction in October 2018 than they had in July 2018, according to the latest refresh of Home Health Compare.
11/01/2018
Ensure clinicians have a firm grasp of what the term “prior” means when it comes to GG0110 (Prior device use). This concept will be crucial to accurately responding to this new OASIS-D item.

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