Home Health Line
05/23/2024
Plan of care and certification issues edged out face-to-face encounter mistakes in the latest round of Targeted Probe and Educate (TPE) denials.
05/23/2024
CMS has refined its signature requirements for prior authorization and medical review processes, but these changes won’t address some of the common mistakes agencies make when it comes to physicians appropriately signing and dating the plan of care (POC) and certification. 
05/23/2024
Some agencies in the Review Choice Demonstration (RCD) will have to change their processes after CMS announced the extension of the demonstration in the same six states for an additional five years.
05/23/2024
Stress to clinicians the importance of delivering patient rights information “in advance” of furnishing any care.
05/23/2024
In its guidance to state surveyors, CMS added new language for the patient’s rights survey procedures around protecting the patient from abuse or neglect, G430. 
05/23/2024
Agencies should consider implementing “stay interviews” as a useful tactic for retaining staff during times of turnover.
05/23/2024
by: Elizabeth Hogue
What should providers do to identify imposter among their nurses?  Agencies should do frequent competency checks, regular licensure checks, verify education and more.
05/23/2024
by: DecisionHealth Staff
Agencies are struggling with documentation requirements around the plan of care and certification according to pre-payment Targeted Probe and Educate (TPE) denials from October to December 2023. The results were based on 546 denials in three states: Louisiana, Oklahoma and South Carolina.

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