Home Health Line
01/11/2024
CMS’ draft OASIS-E1 instrument, effective January 2025, contains the new item for COVID-19 vaccines, O0350 (Patient’s COVID-19 vaccination is up to date), and removes M0110 (Episode timing) and M2200 (Therapy need).
01/11/2024
There has been a recent uptick in denials because the telehealth encounters don’t have — or don’t clearly show — that there were both audio and visual components.
01/11/2024
Successfully marketing in a post-pandemic landscape requires a comprehensive strategy that involves a combination of relationship-building, effective communication and demonstrating the value of your services.
01/11/2024
Agencies should create templates for diagnoses that require a follow-up query most often due to insufficient or unclear documentation to avoid slowing down the QA process and possible claims submission delays.
01/11/2024
Security awareness training is the most important investment that an organization can make to help ensure that its staff members keep the organization safe and compliant.
01/11/2024
More than half of recent medical review denials from MAC Palmetto GBA were due to face-to-face encounter deficiencies.
01/04/2024
With reports of workplace violence against health care workers at an all-time high, agencies should examine how their culture may be promoting or impeding effective safety solutions.
01/04/2024
Educating physicians about the need to provide detailed documentation quickly to agencies continues to be one of the biggest barriers to payment success under PDGM.
01/04/2024
Try using words such as aching, burning or hurting to help patients understand what is being asked for the OASIS-E items J0510-J0530 (Pain interview).
01/04/2024
A good onboarding process is a key to making sure the clinician not only learns the basics of home care, but that they also learn more about your agency.

Login

User Name:
Password: