Home Health Line
07/13/2015
by: National Research Corporation, Seattle
Among all payers, only 0.53% of patients suffered new or “worsened” Stage II, III or IV pressure ulcers during home health treatment, according to Seattle-based National Research Corporation. Of Medicare patients with pressure ulcers at discharge, nearly one-quarter had a new or worsened pressure ulcer at Stage II.
 
 
07/06/2015
by: OSHA
Home health agencies, visiting nurse associations and in-home hospice care services combined received 26 citations totaling $26,528 in penalties from October 2013 through September 2014, according to OSHA. Issues involving bloodborne pathogens led to half of those citations and $14,550 in penalties.
 
06/15/2015
Assess your intake department’s knowledge level immediately so you’ll know what types of training employees need in advance of ICD-10.
 
06/15/2015
Have clinicians follow up the next day when patients have a change in pain medications or increased pain and your agency will decrease readmissions related to uncontrolled pain.
 
06/15/2015
A new edition of an ONC guide can help you with your basic electronic protected health information (ePHI) HIPAA work — particularly if you’re new to or struggling with compliance.
 
06/15/2015
The Senate Finance Committee has approved a bill aimed at reducing the backlog of nearly 900,000 Medicare claims now awaiting administrative law judge (ALJ) hearings. 
 
06/15/2015
While inconclusive, a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found some evidence that the Pioneer accountable care organization (ACO) model may not be sustainable over the long run. 
 
06/15/2015
About 88% of the claims received during CMS’ second-ever ICD-10 end-to-end testing week were found acceptable by Medicare contractors.
 
06/15/2015
In comments about the 2016 proposed hospice rule, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) and others expressed concern about a change in the way hospices would be paid next year and beyond. MedPAC wants add-on payments to be given to hospices providing care in nursing facilities — just like in other locations.
 
06/15/2015
CMS posted the latest version of the Hospice Item Set (HIS) to its website June 2.
 

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