Home Health Line
12/14/2023
When replacing the primary diagnosis in the second 30-day period, make sure you’re accurately disposing the previous primary diagnosis — whether it remains an issue for the patient and included in care going forward or it’s resolved altogether.
12/14/2023
The percentage of Medicare Fee-for-Service beneficiaries — aged 65 and up — who received a flu vaccine at the start of the season is down significantly from highs seen during the pandemic.
12/07/2023
Anticipate your patient’s needs to see improvement on the new publicly reported preventable hospitalizations measure on Care Compare. 
12/07/2023
As agencies trim budgets to prepare for upcoming payment cuts, some are turning to automation tools to save time and money during the onboarding and recruitment process.
12/07/2023
It can be challenging to settle on a primary diagnosis when a patient has more than one diagnosis that could qualify as primary under PDGM.
12/07/2023
It can be tempting to hire just anybody when your agency is understaffed, but rethinking your interactions with new staff from recruiting through hiring can make a dramatic difference in retention. 
12/07/2023
Only 9% of agencies scored “better than the national rate” for the measure Home Health Within-Stay Potentially Preventable Hospitalization
(PPH).
11/30/2023
As referral rejections reach a new high, it’s important to continue to track referrals, response time, acceptance and denial rates and handle any rejections gently to avoid losing future business. 
11/30/2023
New and updated guidance from the OASIS quarterly Q&As is making its way into the 2024 OASIS-E Guidance Manual, giving clinicians all of the guidance included in the quarterly updates in one place.
11/30/2023
A large number of home health and home care agencies need to take steps now to protect themselves from the recently expanded definition of “joint employer” by The National Labor Relations Board.

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