Home Health Line
08/01/2018
More than 450 industry stakeholders have submitted comments about CMS’ proposed review choice demonstration — and most are resoundingly opposed to the demo.
08/01/2018
Starting Oct. 1, coding guidelines will no longer allow for a connection to be assumed between Takotsubo syndrome (I51.81) and hypertension.
08/01/2018
On the bright side, 1,239 agencies earned 5-star ratings involving HHCAHPS when Home Health Compare was updated July 25. That’s an improvement of 110 agencies from the prior quarter. But when it comes to individual agencies’ scores on HHCAHPS, there’s a far less positive story to tell.
08/01/2018
Home Health Compare’s latest refresh marks the fourth straight quarter where there was a rise in the number of 5-star agencies in quality of care.
08/01/2018
Following a recent DecisionHealth webinar about OASIS-D, agencies asked questions of industry expert Arlynn Hansell. 
08/01/2018
You’ll need to know the depth of a patient’s surgical wound infection after Oct. 1, or you’ll forfeit reimbursement.
08/01/2018
by: Strategic Healthcare Programs
The five questions below remain the lowest scoring questions on the HHCAHPS survey, according to data from Strategic Healthcare Programs (SHP) in Santa Barbara, Calif. 
07/26/2018
The draft guidance manual defines an injury related to a fall as “Any documented injury that occurred as a result of, or was recognized within a short period of time (i.e. hours to a few days) after the fall and attributed to the fall.”
07/25/2018
The proposed new payment system for the home health industry is designed to be budget neutral. But an HHL analysis of CMS data show it will leave nearly half the country’s home health agencies with less money than under the current model.
07/25/2018
While CMS has proposed removing dozens of items from the OASIS to alleviate burden on home health agencies, experts contend many of the eliminated topics will continue to require assessment.

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