Home Health Line
06/12/2017
by: Bartlesville Community Care Transitions Team
Home health agencies should consider using a sample transfer of care form to improve to improve the continuity of care for their patients.
06/12/2017
Home health agencies and other health providers in one Oklahoma community have taken collaboration to a new level, offering an example of how putting patients first can contribute to better outcomes and improved star ratings even in a competitive market.
06/12/2017
Now that Alzheimer’s disease has risen to become by far the most commonly used hospice claims-reported diagnosis, hospices must be even more certain that their documentation for Alzheimer’s patients can withstand auditor scrutiny.
06/12/2017
Presentations and associated scenario answers from the Home Health Quality Reporting Program (HHQRP) provider training conducted by CMS in Baltimore on May 4 are now available for download. 
06/12/2017
When your agency enters into a contract with a commercial payer, do you just sign on the dotted line? If so, you could be missing out on an opportunity to negotiate better reimbursement rates and terms, and risk making a mistake that could cause serious financial harm in the long run.
06/12/2017
Learn how the documentation coders use to assign ICD-10 codes could undergo a stringent QA and improvement process before the record ever reaches their desks.
06/12/2017
A new appendix in the State Operations Manual contains interpretive guidelines and survey procedures for the emergency preparedness final rule, which takes effect Nov. 15.
06/12/2017
by: CMS
The ICD-10 code for Alzheimer’s disease, unspecified was used nearly 163,000 times in the 2016 fiscal year, making this the most common diagnosis. The equivalent ICD-9 code for Alzheimer’s — 331.0 — only was used as the principal diagnosis 79,626 times.

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