Home Health Line
02/05/2018
Just 34 home health agencies have maintained a 5-star rating in quality of care during the 11 quarters the star ratings system has existed.
02/05/2018
The nomination period for a technical expert panel (TEP) on the development of potentially preventable hospitalization measures for home health is now open.
02/05/2018
by: HHL’s 2018 Trends Survey
Skype/other video technology to speak with patients is the top technology on agencies’ wish lists, according to the 167 respondents to HHL’s 2018 Trends Survey. About 31% of respondents say it’s on their wish list.
02/05/2018
by: Jim Sheldon-Dean, principal and director of Compliance Services at Lewis Creek Systems
Agencies seeking to use short message service (SMS) to text with patients should first get the patient’s consent using a form similar to the one below.
02/05/2018
by: CMS
During its Dec. 7 webinar to train surveyors on the revised Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs), CMS provided the following crosswalks.
01/30/2018
Agencies submitting claims under a waiver authorized in response to recent hurricane and wildfire emergency events no longer will be at risk to have claims returned to provider (RTP’d) in error because of a failure to match the claim with a corresponding OASIS.
01/29/2018
Shore up your documentation of homebound status, plan of care and face-to-face visits because recovery auditor (RAC) Performant appears poised to review that as part of its first home health issue approved by CMS.
01/29/2018
Identify changes your agency can make to streamline processes for gathering and providing patient records for those who ask.
01/29/2018
Home health administrators in place at their agency prior to Jan. 13 will be grandfathered in from CMS’ new job qualifications for the role. But backup administrators won’t, CMS has announced.
01/29/2018
Merely asking patients if they’re experiencing shortness of breath (SOB) is an inadequate way to assess M1400 (When is the patient dyspneic or noticeably short of breath?) and may obscure the true acuity of patients’ diagnoses.

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