Home Health Line
07/15/2022
A report released by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Attorney General (OIG) found that roughly 1 million Medicare beneficiaries were diagnosed with opioid use disorder in 2020, and less than 16% of those individuals received medication to treat it.
07/15/2022
The best way to handle family member requests for medical information when the family member is not next of kin or a guardian.
07/15/2022
Coders whose sole responsibility is to assign codes made an average of $54,263. However, when you add in some level of OASIS review duties, salaries increase.
06/30/2022
If you’re concerned about the 4.2% proposed decrease in home health payments, you’ll want to share how these cuts will impact your agency in comments by August 16. That’s when the comment period ends for the proposed 2023 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update.
06/30/2022
With gas prices and cost of living soaring, mobile workers for private duty and home health agencies are struggling to find ways to economize and still make home visits. Even with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announcing a July 1 increase in the optional standard mileage rate from 58.5 cents to 62.5 cents, experts see rising costs as another hit to an already depleted workforce. 
06/30/2022
The way CMS determines home health payments come 2023 may change yet again if proposed updates to comorbidity adjustments and functional impairment points are finalized later this year.
06/30/2022
With gas prices and cost of living soaring, mobile workers for private duty and home health agencies are struggling to find ways to economize and still make home visits. Even with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announcing a July 1 increase in the optional standard mileage rate from 58.5 cents to 62.5 cents, experts see rising costs as another hit to an already depleted workforce. 
06/30/2022
Agencies will be required to collect and submit OASIS data for all payors, not just traditional Medicare and Medicaid payors, starting in 2025 if this provision in the CMS proposed rule is finalized.
06/30/2022
Employee well-being is top of mind for most business owners today. The one-two punch of the pandemic and the increased number of resignations has exacerbated burnout. However, with many companies being short-staffed, employees do not feel like they can, or have the time, to take their earned paid time off (PTO).
06/30/2022
The percentage of periods that received a high comorbidity adjustment decreased slightly in 2021, compared to the previous year, according to CMS data in the proposed 2023 rule.

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