Home Health Line
02/15/2024
With more specific codes available for Parkinson’s and COPD, one Medicare Administrative Contractor is shifting the codes it’s using for Targeted Probe & Educate reviews.
02/15/2024
Agencies that practice more preventative care through helping patients gain access to healthier food and empowering them to follow better food habits, will impact the number of patients admitted to the hospital.
02/15/2024
The CDC posted updated 2024 ICD-10-CM guidelines on Jan. 22, which included a sequencing update for sepsis due to postprocedural infection.
02/15/2024
Nearly 15% of Medicare beneficiaries ages 65 to 74 reported being food insecure in CMS’ most recent Financial Well-Being Report for 2021. The report included beneficiaries living in the community.
02/15/2024
This tool may be used as a guide to assist agencies in building the framework for a strong, compliant QAPI program.
02/08/2024
Even though COVID-19 has exacerbated breathing issues, especially in the elderly, agencies are finding ways to improve in this measure that is used to calculate Home Health Value-Based Purchasing payment adjustments.
02/08/2024
A growing challenge for agencies this year will be filling management roles, but those agencies that work to create career ladders will thrive.
02/08/2024
With more selective buyers in the marketplace, agency owners looking to sell are going to have to make sure they have all of their ducks in a row to stand out as an attractive opportunity in mergers and acquisition (M&A).
02/08/2024
Understanding the recent changes to coding for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been a challenge for coders since the updates first took effect Oct. 1, 2023, especially when coding an acute exacerbation or COPD with lower respiratory infection.
02/08/2024
There needs to be a role or team assigned to monitor responses to patient access requests and ensure that responses comprehensively address all current patient rights for nontraditional (including physical) and digital access to their associated PHI records.

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