Home Health Line
07/18/2024
Agencies that streamline the documentation process may see faster completion and improved clinician productivity, benefiting both agency costs and employee retention.
07/18/2024
Prepare for potential rule changes that will require careful documentation of your admission process, as well as an online description of your staffing and specialties.
07/18/2024
Many hospice providers are struggling to find volunteers and maintain Medicare compliance after the pandemic. Providers that strengthen training programs and consider participant and patient needs and interests could see an increase in long-term volunteers.
07/18/2024
Effective Oct. 1, coders will now have a way to capture a post-acute encounter for sepsis aftercare with the new code Z51.A (Encounter for sepsis aftercare). This code is just one of the 252 codes finalized as part of the FY2025 ICD-10 final code update — released July 3 by CMS along with the guidelines. 
07/17/2024
As part of CMS’ proposal to update the CoPs to require an acceptance to service policy, the 2025 home health payment proposed rule included cost estimates.

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