Home Health Line
04/10/2017
Just one day before the pre-claim review demo was set to expand to include Florida in addition to Illinois, CMS stopped it in its tracks.
04/10/2017
Although home health leaders breathed a sigh of relief about CMS’ March 31 proposal to delay the revised Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs), industry experts contend agencies shouldn’t slam the brakes on preparedness efforts.
04/10/2017
It’s important to accurately assess pain for patients who are non-verbal or present other difficulties in communicating, because failure to do so can negatively impact Home Health Compare scores and 5-star ratings.
04/10/2017
Initial pilot testing results related to the IMPACT Act show a few domains such as pain are straightforward and easy to complete. But other domains such as cognitive status and medication reconciliation will require some edits before they get adopted.
04/10/2017
Nine new codes for different types of heart failure could be added to the ICD-10 code set on Oct. 1.
04/10/2017
by: ABILITY Network
The average number of clinical case-mix points in 2016 was 4.04 — that’s relatively stable after it plummeted from 8.27 in 2014 to 4.17 in 2015, according to data from Seattle-based ABILITY Network.
04/10/2017
View the following pain domain questions examined during Alpha 1.

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