Home Health Line
07/22/2022
Approach any efforts by clinicians to streamline their documentation with skepticism, as generalizations and a lack of specificity are causing denials under post-payment review due to a failure to show medical necessity.
07/22/2022
Now that agencies will be required to use a more extensive test for depression, put a plan in place for how to respond should patients exhibit signs and symptoms.
07/22/2022
With the increased attention on patients’ mood and mental status that is coming with OASIS-E, agencies need to be on the lookout for signs of suicidal ideations and have a written plan in place for how clinicians should respond when signs and symptoms present.
07/22/2022
All too often, our businesses don’t undergo compliance checkups, especially in the wage and hour field, where audits are vitally needed.
07/22/2022
Failure to support medical necessity for skilled services is one of the top reasons for claim denial. Use these tips to support medical necessity.
07/22/2022
Thirty percent of claims denied by CGS under medical review in the first three months of 2022 were tied to skilled nursing services not being medically necessary.

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