Home Health Line
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.
 
 
04/26/2023
CMS should consider modest changes to PDGM and other post-acute payment systems, instead of a unified payment system that has long been in development, according to MedPAC.
04/26/2023
Agencies do not have to submit any additional data under the expanded Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) program.
04/26/2023
According to the 2022-2023 Salary and Benefits Report, surveyed agencies reported that an average of 68.58% of employees are paid hourly, while 49.18% of employees are paid per-visit.
04/26/2023
The proposed Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rule that would ban non-competes, threatens to strip agencies of the direct-hire provision that protects against clients getting hired away from the agency by a caregiver.
04/26/2023
by: Claire Swinarski
If you’re looking to hire a new employee, you’re probably posting your job opening in a variety of places. There are some perks of to using Facebook as a recruitment tool. It can bring new people forward that you weren’t previously connected to, and it can help reach a wider range of people.
04/26/2023
by: DecisionHealth Staff
Hourly pay rates are more popular than per-visit pay rates, according to 876 home health agencies surveyed in the 2022-2023 Home Care Salary and Benefits Report.
04/21/2023
Clinicians may be more accurately scoring OASIS GG items for mobility and self care, particularly when compared to when the pandemic started. Part of that may be the increased attention to overall OASIS accuracy for the new OASIS-E.
04/21/2023
For agencies looking to strengthen relationships with the ever-growing population of Medicare Advantage (MA) payors, referral sources could be the path to get your foot in the door.
04/21/2023
The proposed ICD-10 code changes, released with the FY2024 Hospital Inpatient PPS (IPPS) proposed rule on April 10, introduce new codes to enhance the tracking and progression of Parkinson’s disease, including codes for Parkinson’s disease with and without dyskinesia and Parkinsonism, unspecified.

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