Home Health Line
08/08/2016
While many Home Health Compare measures involved in value-based purchasing are improving, one has shown a steady decline. For five straight quarters, agencies nationwide have earned worse scores on the measure asking how often the home health team made sure patients received a flu shot for the current flu season.
08/08/2016
A proposed rule published on the Federal Register July 25 would add bundled payment models for episodes involving acute myocardial infarctions (AMIs), coronary artery bypass grafting and surgical hip/femur fracture treatment excluding lower extremity joint replacement.
08/08/2016
Joint replacement surgeries have been slowly migrating from inpatient-only procedures to the outpatient setting. That trend, coupled with CMS’ new model tying Medicare reimbursement for surgery to patient outcomes, may mean increasing opportunities for home care agencies to serve that patient population.
08/08/2016
Eight new codes for specific forms of cognitive sequelae following a stroke, such as I69.311 (Memory deficit following cerebral infarction), are eligible for case-mix points when they go into effect Oct. 1, according to the Grouper update, released July 21.
08/08/2016
Now that CMS has finalized a new hospice and palliative care composite process measure, hospices should begin a quality improvement project to make sure they are completing all seven processes rolled into this measure.
08/08/2016
Medicare’s hospice payments, adjusted for inflation and other factors, will rise an estimated 2.1% in 2017.
08/08/2016
Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Palmetto GBA no longer requires agencies to document short- and long-term goals for episodes involving therapy patients.
08/08/2016
by: CMS' Home Health Compare website
The nationwide score on the item involving patients receiving the flu vaccine dropped to 69.4% when Home Health Compare’s latest scores were released July 13.
08/08/2016
by: CDC
Use this information from the CDC to inform patients about the flu vaccine.

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