Home Health Line
02/29/2024
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Department of Health and Human Services has released a cybersecurity toolkit that includes resources tailored for the health care and public health sector.
02/29/2024
With one year into OASIS-E, the new Transfer of Health (TOH) process measure scores are trending upward.
02/22/2024
Keep up with competency checks and make sure your in-home staff members are reminded frequently of hand-washing requirements. Surveyors note this continues to be a top deficiency.
02/22/2024
Agencies that create thorough and active succession plans will be set for success in emergencies or when the owner is ready to retire.
02/22/2024
CMS has responded by email to a question that was recently submitted regarding how to accurately score OASIS item M1860 (Ambulation/locomotion).
02/22/2024
With increased audit activity around hospice services, agencies should be prepared to handle a variety of audit types, sometimes for the same services, at any given time.
02/22/2024
by: Elizabeth Hogue
Providers may have heard about the importance of Fraud and Abuse Compliance Plans in their organizations, but many providers continue to express uncertainty about their value.
02/22/2024
by: DecisionHealth Staff
Terminal diagnosis tops list of denials for new hospices One of the most frequent denial reason for new hospices under pre-payment review is “Documenation submitted doesn’t support prognosis of six months or less.” That’s according to the Palmetto GBA’s medical review results from July to September 2023. They looked at 52 hospice providers from six states: Florida, Georgia, Indiana, New Mexico, Ohio and South Carolina.
02/15/2024
Select QAPI items that affect the most patients, are the most critical or have the least amount of improvement needed to move the needle to show the fastest positive results.
02/15/2024
Ensuring that your clinicians understand what should be included in their wound care documentation can help to reduce the number of claims denied due to lack of medical necessity.

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