Home Health Line
06/20/2019
Industry experts believe the use of outsourced coding will grow as a result of how the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) impacts coder productivity.
06/20/2019
It’s not too early to alert your agency’s marketing representatives that an entirely new payment model is coming to home health on or after Jan. 1, 2020.
06/20/2019
When preparing for the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM), one crucial step agencies should take is examining the impact CMS says PDGM will have on their specific agency.
06/20/2019
A recent settlement agreement between the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the now-shuttered medical records storage company FileFax Inc. is a good reminder that providers and business associates need to comply with HIPAA and protect PHI not only when they possess or store it but also when they transmit it to each other.
06/20/2019
Agencies must comply with HIPAA when passing patient protected health information (PHI) back and forth.
06/20/2019
Z47.1 (Aftercare following joint replacement surgery) and I10 (Essential (primary) hypertension) are the two most common primary diagnoses in home health, according to an analysis of home health claims submitted to CMS in 2017.

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