Home Health Line
09/13/2023
If finalized, the new rule would require a marriage and family therapist or a mental health counselor as options “depending on the preferences and needs of the patient,” according to CMS.
09/13/2023
If you’ve come to rely on eLearning as your primary method for training new hires, consider bringing back some in-person training, too. It could go a long way to improve turnover as employees start seeking these opportunities to ask questions, gain feedback and connect with colleagues.
09/13/2023
Using data from an urban home health organization, results found that home health clinicians spend less time with patients “for whom they document the language of judgment” — words like “adamant,” “apparently,” “claims” and “insists."
09/13/2023
Recovered ejection fraction (HFrecEF) and improved ejection fraction (HFimpEF) are often used interchangeably as the two can have the same clinical presentation, the Coding Clinic clarified in their Q3 2023 guidance update.
09/13/2023
With just six months left before the Review Choice Demonstration is expected to end, Oklahoma will join the RCD states on Dec. 1.
09/13/2023
Take a look at the median professional caregiver turnover rate, based on training type and format delivered in 2022.
08/30/2023
Carefully consider whether skilled nursing and therapy visits are appropriate, particularly for recertifications, as the latest results of claims reviews under Targeted Probe and Educate (TPE) note “skilled nursing not medically necessary” was among the top reasons for denial.
08/30/2023
CMS is making good on promises to address fraud, waste and abuse in the hospice system, including a variety of survey and compliance measures to weed out bad actors and address broader quality concerns.
08/30/2023
CMS released the Home Health Grouper August 16, which contained acceptable primary diagnoses and the high comorbidity and low comorbidity adjustments for the new FY2024 codes — set to take effect Oct. 1.
08/30/2023
Ongoing staffing issues have some agencies hiring gig workers to supplement full-time staff.

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