Home Health Line
02/12/2018
The opioid crisis in America continues to grow, prompting President Donald Trump to announce Jan. 29 that the new HHS Secretary would help confront the scourge. Home health agencies have a responsibility to help too, and can do so by training staff how to protect patients from the dangers of addiction.
02/12/2018
Following a recent DecisionHealth webinar about how to prepare for the patient rights portion of CMS’ revised Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs), agencies asked questions of home health consultant J’non Griffin, president of Home Health Solutions, LLC in Carbon Hill, Ala. Here are some of Griffin’s answers.
02/12/2018
Despite high-level talk of cuts to Medicare and Medicaid and a recent blow to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), agencies don’t need to worry too much about further cuts to federal programs in 2018, industry experts say.
02/12/2018
by: CMS
Six of the nine value-based purchasing states had averages at least 3% better than the national average on the flu vaccine, according to CMS’ Home Health Compare data released in January 2018. The national average is 77.2%.
02/08/2018
Home health agencies and other providers with a low volume of pending appeals at the administrative law judge (ALJ) level should register for a CMS call 1:30 to 3 p.m. EST Feb. 13. Attendees will learn more about a new settlement option now available.
02/07/2018
Use of M62.81 (Muscle weakness (generalized)) decreased in 2017, according to new data from Minneapolis-based ABILITY Network Inc.
02/05/2018
Experts fear a lack of detailed surveyor training from CMS on the revised Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs) could lead to inconsistency in interpretation.
02/05/2018
Agencies must take extra precautions if they want to send texts to patients the standard way — via short message service (SMS). Agencies that don’t take proper steps could potentially face significant fines for a HIPAA violation if a text from an agency employee to a patient contains protected health information (PHI), HIPAA experts say.
02/05/2018
CMS’ revised OASIS Q&A document offers welcome insight for home health clinicians and experts craving updates since regular, centralized Q&As ended in 2016.
02/05/2018
CMS’ newly announced voluntary bundled payment model might serve as a great opportunity for home health agencies to generate new referrals, industry experts say.

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