Home Health Line
10/26/2023
“Requested records not submitted timely” was the top reason for denials for new hospice providers from April to June 2023.
10/19/2023
The next interim performance report, available in late October, will be the first time that agencies get a picture of where they are standing on claims-based and HHCAHPS-based measures
10/19/2023
Don’t include too many additional questions in your HHCAHPS surveys. Doing so could make collection and review of the data more complicated for you and your staff and could reduce the response rate from patients.
10/19/2023
Having a full understanding of a patient’s vision status — and accurately capturing that through OASIS-E item B1000 (Vision) — can help you adapt a care plan to ensure both patient safety and positive outcomes.
10/19/2023
It is important that hospice coders accurately capture the terminal diagnosis and understand when it would be appropriate to change the diagnosis to ensure the patient is receiving the appropriate care and interventions.
10/19/2023
The national average was 84% for the HHCAHPS measure “How do patients rate the overall care from the home health agency?” according to Care Compare data captured from 984,076 surveys collected in 2022.
10/12/2023
As new codes are introduced for Parkinson’s disease, the diagnosis reaches the top five most commonly assigned primary diagnoses for the first half of 2023.
10/12/2023
OASIS-E item B0200 (Hearing) may get glossed over due to its seemingly straightforward nature but getting the correct answer to this question can go a long way to keep patients safe and determine homebound status.
10/12/2023
CMS will release two new Health Equity Confidential Feedback Reports to home health agencies, along with inpatient rehabilitation facilities, long-term care hospitals and skilled nursing facilities.
10/12/2023
Take employee complaints regarding pay disparities seriously after a recent $100,000 settlement that involved a home health provider accused of paying female post-acute care coordinators less than male coworkers for performing the same tasks.

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