Home Health Line
03/20/2019
List all diagnoses relevant to the plan of care — not just the six allowed on the OASIS — on the home health claim. Doing so will be a big step toward ensuring rightful payment under the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM).
03/20/2019
by: CMS
This chart lists the subgroups that lead to low comorbidity adjustments under PDGM.
03/20/2019
Education and communication are the keys to improving timely initiation of care for agencies conducting performance improvement projects (PIPs) on the topic.
03/20/2019
If your agency maintains a website that is available to the public, make sure that it’s fully accessible to people with disabilities. If not, there’s a chance that you’ll be sued for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
03/20/2019
As the number of employees increased at Shanadoa Home Health in Bartlesville, Okla., Owner Shanda Minson sought to improve corporate culture and eliminate back-stabbing and territorial disputes among workers.
03/20/2019
Following a recent DecisionHealth webinar about emergency preparedness, agencies asked questions of industry expert J’non Griffin, president of Home Health Solutions in Carbon Hill, Ala. Here are some of Griffin’s answers.
03/20/2019
CMS has posted training materials for the recent home heath quality reporting program in-person “Train the Trainer” event for home health agencies.
03/20/2019
In 2018, Medicare skilled home care aides nationwide had a turnover rate of about 24.5%, according to the Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service’s 2018-2019 Home Care Salary & Benefits Report.
03/20/2019
Use this crosswalk to identify many of the key changes between the existing PPS and the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM), which is slated to begin on or after Jan. 1, 2020.

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