Home Health Line
01/01/2018
The number of mergers and acquisitions in the private duty industry hit record numbers in 2016 and 2017.
01/01/2018
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) will vote this month on whether to once again recommend a 5% Medicare payment reduction for home health agencies, as well as a two-year rebasing of the payment system.
01/01/2018
by: HHL’s 2018 Trends Survey
About 84% of agencies plan to spend more money to train on the revised Medicare Conditions of Participation (CoPs) in 2018 than they had in 2017, according to 156 respondents to a question on HHL’s 2018 Trends Survey. No respondents plan to spend less on this.
01/01/2018
Agenices should use the following calendar in 2018 as it prepares to comply with the revised CoPs and other regulatory changes.
12/22/2017
Agencies should provide these steps to clinicians to help ensure they understand how to fill out GG0170C (Mobility). CMS walked providers through these steps as part of recently posted online provider training.
12/20/2017
DecisionHealth editors surveyed readers and interviewed experts to come up with several predictions of what will affect providers in 2018.
12/18/2017
When examining the new draft guidelines for the revised Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs), agencies must pay close attention to CMS’ expectations about providing patient rights verbally and written in patients’ preferred language.
12/18/2017
Congress this year is expected to consider a Medicare extenders package that could have a significant impact on home health providers, industry experts say.
12/18/2017
Closely examine your agency’s non-admission reports and analyze whether there’s anything you can do to convert similar situations into admissions in the future.
12/18/2017
Many home health agencies fail to properly recognize and reward employees that go above and beyond the normal scope of work, industry experts say. This can lead to disgruntled employees who leave and drive up recruitment costs. 

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