Home Health Line
03/31/2022
Hospice agencies have long advocated for reimbursement for remote patient monitoring (RPM), and some are now finding that offering palliative care support for other health care providers may present an avenue for reimbursement for such services.
03/31/2022
If a clinician was unable to see a patient during the standard window for recertification, is it OK to complete the comprehensive assessment/OASIS three days into the next certification period?
03/31/2022
Employees today are less interested in office pool tables and popcorn machines and more concerned about working for employers that can add value to their career.
03/31/2022
The data represent 6.9 million 30-day periods start in calendar year 2021 pulled from Strategic Healthcare Programs’ National Client Database.
03/24/2022
Agencies have new educational resources available to prepare for Home Health Value-Based Purchasing, including an expanded 35-page FAQ document released by CMS in February. It will likely be followed by more engagement from CMS to prepare agencies for 2023 implementation.
03/24/2022
OASIS-E will bring several changes for agencies when implemented in January 2023, and perhaps one of the biggest differences is the incorporation of the Brief Interview for Mental Status (BIMS).
03/24/2022
Make sure your policies for a vaccine mandate include increased infection control responsibilities for those unvaccinated employees granted an exemption from the CMS Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination Interim Final Rule.
03/24/2022
The fourth most common survey deficiency for home health agencies in 2021 was G682 (Infection prevention). The agency must follow accepted standards of practice, including the use of standard precautions, to prevent the transmission of infection and communicable diseases.
03/24/2022
This table shows the average number of visits for each period of care broken down by levels of acute care hospitalization risk.
03/17/2022
Review the different kinds of falls with clinicians so your scores will be accurate for the new publicly reported measure “percent of residents experiencing one or more falls with major injuries.”

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