Home Health Line
05/11/2023
Firearms in patient homes can cause several issues for a home health agency. Agencies have an obligation under OSHA to maintain workplace safety in the patient's home.
05/11/2023
CMS is expected to soon end a requirement that staff be vaccinated against COVID-19, wiht the public health emergency (PHE) coming to an end May 11.
05/11/2023
The most recent update of Care Compare reveals patients are improving more during home health in areas such as ambulation and bathing. Data were collected from July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022.
05/04/2023
As the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) plots a future rule to address workplace violence in health care settings, home health care leaders are building their own guidance around workplace safety.
05/04/2023
Issues with the dash are emerging as one of the top challenges and areas that could slow coders and reviewers down with the new OASIS-E.
05/04/2023
Staffing shortages have led to heavier workloads, coders leaving the office to cover for nurses, increased overtime, burnout, lack of quality referrals, inability to accept new patients and less time for reviews, according to respondents to DecisionHealth’s 2023 Coders’ Productivity Survey.
05/04/2023
If still awaiting the occurrence of the face to face, we have been submitting the POC for signature then sending a change order with the face-to-face attestation to the certifying physician for signature after the face to face occurs. Would this be an acceptable procedure?
05/04/2023
A new memo demonstrates that the current NLRB considers retaliation against employees who have workplace discussions about racism constitutes an unfair labor practice, even for non-union employers.
05/04/2023
Results of DecisionHealth’s 2023 Home Health Coders’ Productivity Survey show expectations for daily productivity is challenging coders.
04/26/2023
CMS addressed the conflicting information given in the OASIS-E assessment versus the OASIS-E Guidance Manual for when to complete the entire Patient Mood Interview for D0150. This information was released in the April OASIS-E Q&As.
 
 

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