Home Health Line
04/05/2023
Hospices should see a payment rate increase in October, according to the FY 2024 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update proposed rule, released late March 31.
04/05/2023
Clinicians should instruct patients to read their medication labels and teaching sheets out loud to assess for vision but also to assess how well patients read and comprehend health information.
04/05/2023
A major part of surveys will require that an agency is able to demonstrate governing body oversight of all QAPI activities.
04/05/2023
CMS answers some agency questions about behavioral adjustments under PDGM and how it relates to staffing and other industry challenges.
04/05/2023
Provider documentation of “chronic kidney disease (CKD) G4A3” is “synonymous with stage 4 chronic kidney disease (CKD)” and would be sufficient enough to assign a code for the condition.
04/05/2023
Recently, the National Labor Relations Board issued an important warning regarding severance agreements that include broad non-disparagement or confidentiality provisions.
04/05/2023
CMS is seeking input on the barriers keeping hospices from providing higher intensity levels of care, even after payment rates were adjusted in 2020.
03/30/2023
Secure reimbursement you earned and set yourself up for Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) success with follow-up training on the OASIS functional items. These are some of the most common items that require a correction when SimiTree’s analysts compared OASIS answers to the supporting documentation in the patient’s chart.
03/30/2023
Conduct a root cause analysis (RCA) of sentinel events to pinpoint your next performance improvement project and learn from past mistakes as surveyors focus their attention on quality beyond infection control. 
03/30/2023
While many agencies are eager to apply for the Employee Retention Credit (ERC) to receive sizeable payouts from the government, a March statement from the IRS reminds to proceed with caution.

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