Home Health Line
01/29/2018
Shore up your documentation of homebound status, plan of care and face-to-face visits because recovery auditor (RAC) Performant appears poised to review that as part of its first home health issue approved by CMS.
01/29/2018
Identify changes your agency can make to streamline processes for gathering and providing patient records for those who ask.
01/29/2018
Home health administrators in place at their agency prior to Jan. 13 will be grandfathered in from CMS’ new job qualifications for the role. But backup administrators won’t, CMS has announced.
01/29/2018
Merely asking patients if they’re experiencing shortness of breath (SOB) is an inadequate way to assess M1400 (When is the patient dyspneic or noticeably short of breath?) and may obscure the true acuity of patients’ diagnoses.
01/29/2018
The number of five-star home health agencies in the ratings system involving quality of care increased slightly in the latest Home Health Compare refresh.
01/29/2018
The Senate has confirmed Alex Azar to be HHS secretary. On Jan. 24, it voted 55-43 in favor of the Trump nominee.
01/29/2018
A short but intense stay on the routine home care level of care — the care level most hospice patients receive — could create reimbursement and cash flow issues for some hospices, industry experts say.
01/29/2018
There are 365 agencies nationwide that earned five stars in the ratings system involving quality of care, according to ratings released on Jan. 24.
01/29/2018
More than 1,100 agencies nationwide earned five stars in the ratings system involving HHCAHPS, according to the ratings released in January 2018. That’s a 110% increase from October 2017.

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