Home Health Line
01/16/2019
Home health agencies are about to face a massive change involving therapy reimbursement — one that could substantially affect patient outcomes and the financial health of agencies. And many agencies won’t wait until 2020 to adapt in how they’ll provide therapy.
01/16/2019
It’s now even more urgent for agencies to ensure clinicians are fully trained in using proper wording and listing all required components within individualized plans of care. And it’s also crucial for agencies to ensure their electronic medical records (EMR) system fully captures the necessary components.
01/16/2019
CMS’ review choice demonstration still hasn’t received Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval, so there still isn’t an official start date for the demo.
01/16/2019
Coding will play a key role in the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) — making it all the more important to ensure each code and associated clinical group is appropriate, industry experts contend.
01/16/2019
Recently released guidance from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) serves as a valuable reminder to agencies to track all employee hours worked.
01/16/2019
by: HHL’s 2019 Trends Survey
About 22% of agencies will spend considerably less money on therapy staff in 2019, while only about 17% of staff will spend considerably more.

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