Home Health Line
01/30/2020
When responding to M0104 (Date of referral) clinicians should enter the date the agency received a valid referral, and must keep in mind that a primary diagnosis eligible for reimbursement under the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) is not necessarily required for a referral to be considered valid.
01/30/2020
Even with recent emergency preparedness requirement revisions designed to reduce burden, agencies find complying with the requirements challenging.
01/30/2020
When agencies encounter vaping-related injury or illness cases in a clinical setting, coders are to report the new emergency vaping code, U07.0 as the primary diagnosis, according to newly issued tabular guidance for the code from the ICD-10-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee.
01/30/2020
For accurate coding in a world of the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM), organization and education go a long way.
01/30/2020
by: Hollis Howell
Sixteen states and at least 10 large cities have increased their minimum wages substantially in 2020, with a majority of them going into effect on January 1. 
01/30/2020
Respondents to HHL's 2020 Trends Survey say care planning and coordination (29%) and emergency preparedness (21%) are among the most challenging requirements in the revised Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs).

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