Home Health Line
09/26/2024
Query the provider for further clarification when documentation states “diabetes mellitus without complications” but the patient is also documented as having another condition that can be linked under the “with” convention.
09/26/2024
The new Severe Injury Report database from OSHA offers a deep dive into injury data for workers in home health and other workplaces.
09/19/2024
Agencies are focusing training more on the OASIS GG items as answers to these items will be used to calculate discharge function scores and Home Health Value-Based Purchasing bonuses in 2025.
09/19/2024
One of the challenges in scoring the GG items is when to score 07 or 10, as well as when to score the patient as fully dependent or independent. Here are some questions the clinician should consider before using these scores.
09/19/2024
Closely review the reasoning behind payment denials as several different CMS contractors have been basing decisions on Conditions of Participation that should be unrelated to requirements for payment.
09/19/2024
Educating employees on the ties between performance metrics, agency operations and HHVBP could boost documentation accuracy and increase productivity and reliability among staff.
09/19/2024
Coders will be able to capture a post-acute encounter for sepsis aftercare with new code Z51.A (Encounter for sepsis aftercare), when it takes effect Oct. 1. This code will be helpful with capturing cases where the provider has documented the sepsis as “resolved” but the reason for the home care admission relates back to the sepsis.
09/19/2024
Compare your results on key publicly reported OASIS measures to the national averages.
09/12/2024
Industry stakeholders warn agencies will be cutting services and some rural and smaller providers will have to weigh closing due to CMS’ proposed 1.7% home health payment cut for next year. Criticism of the payment cuts was one of the most frequent concerns among the more than 1,000 comments submitted in response to the 2025 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update proposed rule.
09/12/2024
Leveraging automated tools and AI in your agency’s data analysis process could provide new insights into your business, resulting in fewer gaps in patient care and increased accountability and understanding of key performance indicators among staff.

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