Home Health Line
08/24/2023
Home health agency merger and acquisition activity jumped in the second quarter of 2023, reaching levels not seen in more than a year.
08/22/2023
Stakeholders have until Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023, to submit comments on the 2024 Home Health Prospective Payment System proposed rule.
08/17/2023
The recently released home health provider preview reports have sparked renewed interest in the Within-Stay Potentially Preventable Hospitalization (PPH) measure that will be publicly reported in October.
08/17/2023
When agencies are determining the cost of a visit, they rarely factor in those visits that are reimbursed by CMS on the front end, only to see that payment revoked under medical review.
08/17/2023
Assess your own visits with this tool to get ahead of billing challenges under medical review.
08/17/2023
If agencies have clinicians, aides or caregivers saying they’re facing burnout, management should take a look at the schedulers and make sure they have all the resources they need.
08/17/2023
Hospices that embrace tech tools will have a leg up when it comes to avoiding audit risks, improving quality, showing value to payors and positioning for value-based care.
08/17/2023
National averages in home health quality reporting and patient surveys show patient improvement in a wide range of scores, but a significant decline year-over-year in patients that have received a flu shot for the current flu season.
08/10/2023
One of the most important pieces of doing a comprehensive drug review and medication reconciliation is making sure that what’s in the Plan of Care and EMR match. Failure to do so could result in a survey citation as medication reconciliation continues to be an area of focus during both surveys.
08/10/2023
Regardless of CMS’ position on PHE practicies like employee vaccinations, you have to make sure you are following your agency’s written policies.

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