Home Health Line
01/04/2023
Two potential quality measures reached an important stage last month, though both ideas are getting pushback from industry leaders.
01/04/2023
The omnibus spending bill to fund the government through 2023 included a requirement that CMS increase transparency around its home health payment rate.
01/04/2023
One of the areas agencies need to focus on improving is discharge to the community, as this area is not only heavily scrutinized, but affects patient satisfaction scores in HHCAHPS.
01/04/2023
The HIS score for “Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment” decreased by 0.1 in the November update. While this may seem like a miniscule change, this particular measure continues to score lower than several of the other measures.
01/04/2023
Research indicates that remote workers are promoted less, because managers are often biased towards those workers they see in person. And in fact, as organizations adjust to this new world of remote / hybrid work, in-person workers often do have greater access to managers.
01/04/2023
The latest HIS item results shows little change, except for a decrease in pain assessment.

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