Home Health Line
06/14/2023
In order to get the most accurate picture of patients — and their functional ability — ensure your clinicians are not overusing the “not attempted” codes, as CMS has stated that it’s looking at the use of these codes.
06/14/2023
Expect to be held accountable for stricter discharge policies related to helping patients and caregivers transition to the next phase after leaving your agency.
06/14/2023
Data confirm that home health aide turnover continues to be the highest among all of the disciplines, though it has shown signs of improvement over the previous year.
06/14/2023
One of the main causes for delayed claims is that the referral reason lacks the supporting documentation necessary to determine the allowable primary reason for home health.
06/14/2023
Employers normally monitor employees extensively — timekeeping, project billing, performance evaluations, etc. — but the explosion of remote work during the pandemic created a lucrative market for more extensive monitoring processes.
06/14/2023
Home health aides had the highest turnover rate, according to the 2022-2023 Home Care Salary and Benefits report.
06/07/2023
Whether you decide to end your vaccine mandate, modify the existing requirements or keep the current policy, you’ll want to follow the written rules you have in place.
06/07/2023
In a surprise to many, only 20% of pilot-state HHVBP agencies received payment adjustments greater than approximately 3% in 2021, with the maximum adjustment in 2021 being approximately 7%. This means that most agencies were not reaching the maximum adjustment, according to the 6th annual HHVBP report.
06/07/2023
Hospice industry leaders are calling on CMS to increase its payment adjustment for 2024 and to address payment rates in previous years that failed to fully account for inflationary realities.
06/07/2023
Surveyors have been focused on timeliness of OASIS, especially transfer summaries to the facility taking over care as these summaries hold important clinical/quality data that can impact care and outcomes.

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