Home Health Line
05/31/2023
An early look at data on OASIS-E trends shows that agencies are transferring a reconciled medication list to subsequent providers at transfer nearly 70% of the time. 
05/31/2023
In the midst of staffing issues plaguing hospices, cleverly used quality data could be an effective tool to set your agency apart from the others.
05/31/2023
Agencies struggling to complete start-of-care (SOC) visits in a timely manner should take advantage of a once temporary waiver turned permanent: allowing occupational therapists (OT) to complete the SOC.
05/31/2023
Hospital-at-home programs need to generate data that shows the programs are effective. “If the healthcare industry and the folks who are in this space can design and generate that evidence, we can prove that it is comparable to alternative models."
05/31/2023
While EHRs were used in a third of all cases to send medication information to other providers, a significant number of patients received information via this route.
05/25/2023
New legislation expected to be introduced soon will seek to prevent steep payment cuts that could be in the 2024 home health payment rule.
05/25/2023
Educate staff on how to properly assess and respond to J0510 (Pain interfering with sleep) to ensure clinicians are not confusing the response options or timelines with those of the previous OASIS-D’s M1242 (Frequency of pain interfering with patient’s activity or movement).
05/25/2023
PHE waivers pertaining to training and supervising aides in the home have now expired placing extra strain on agencies already challenged by the workforce shortage.
05/25/2023
Agencies could be limited to just 20% of Medicaid payments to use for administrative overhead or profit should a new CMS proposed rule be adopted.
05/25/2023
What steps should an organization take to ensure that their BAs are complying with the HIPAA Security Rule?

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