Home Health Line
07/13/2023
Functional status is measured through Section GG of OASIS assessments, which evaluates a patient’s capacity to perform daily activities related to self-care (GG0130) and mobility (GG0170). The expected discharge score will incorporate risk-adjustment controls, including admission function score, age and patient clinical characteristics.
07/13/2023
Focusing on best practices and measurable outcomes will put hospices in the best position for enactment of the Special Focus Program.
07/13/2023
The information can be helpful in identifying vulnerable individuals and encouraging those individuals to keep their vaccination current. This also will be useful for the agency to track any COVID-19 cases and trends.
07/13/2023
Industry leaders are concerned about CMS’ plans for staff payment requirements and transparency provisions for Home and Community Based Services that were included in the Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services proposed rule.
07/13/2023
After increasing in 2021 and 2022, the national average for the 30-day period payment amount is expected to see its second consecutive decrease in 2024.
07/13/2023
MS rehab saw a 1 percentage point climb in the distribution of 30-day periods among clinical groupings in 2022, according to CMS data shared in the 2024 proposed payment rule. Respiratory, which increased significantly since the start of the pandemic, had only a slight decrease in total periods.
06/28/2023
Bipartisan legislation introduced just days ahead of the 2023 Home Health Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule seeks to repeal payment cuts under PDGM and to reframe how MedPAC analyzes agency revenues.
06/28/2023
Don’t limit your hiring pool to traditional job applicants — there are valuable prospects among “passive” candidates who are not actively looking for opportunities.
06/28/2023
Come Oct. 1, coders will have several dozen new codes available for osteoporosis with pathological fractures that specify laterality and healing status.
06/28/2023
Agencies looking to improve operations and focus on growing referrals should look to their Net Promoter Score to identify areas of improvement.

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