Home Health Line
05/09/2024
Hospice, home health and other post-acute care providers are getting a clearer picture of CMS’ plans for capturing Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) items in the future, with a request for information in the hospice payment rule laying out questions CMS envisions asking patients.
05/09/2024
Use a targeted internal review to spot OASIS assessment patterns so that you can identify problems impacting patient outcomes and flag issues that could lead to medical review challenges down the road.
05/09/2024
New updates to the Medicare Claims Processing Manual address a handful of issues that have caused confusion for agencies, claims processing systems and claim reviewers.
05/09/2024
The growing number of large data breaches is an important reminder that providers must prioritize cybersecurity to protect patient information.
05/09/2024
The latest publicly reported data on Care Compare continues to show national improvement for home health agencies on key OASIS measures. Agencies will want to review these numbers and determine if they’re seeing similar progress or if they’re getting left behind.
05/09/2024
In the 2025 hospice payment update proposed rule, CMS is seeking input on four Social Determinants of Health items that it says “align across post-acute care and hospice care settings,” with the expectation that they will eventually support quality measures.

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