Home Health Line
01/20/2022
As new variants of COVID-19 continue to spread throughout the nation, and breakthrough cases become more common, it’s important that agencies have employee testing policies in place to help control the spread of COVID-19.
01/20/2022
Focus your efforts on your plan of care processes this year. You’ll reap the reward of fewer survey citations and position your agency for better success with regulatory challenges.
01/20/2022
Focused and updated documentation has proven to be a key factor for success under the Review Choice Demonstration (RCD) model.
01/20/2022
The CDC has released an updated code set effective April 1, 2022, which includes new additions under Chapter 21 (Factors influencing health status and contact with health services).
01/20/2022
Conflict resolution in the workplace can be broken down into steps to simplify the process. By doing so, HR and managers can ensure more effective communication and a more effective conflict resolution process.
01/20/2022
Six of the top 10 standard-level survey citations from CMS involve plan-of-care issues. The data reflect 2,452 home health standard surveys conducted through November 2021.
01/14/2022
Include education as a component of your policies and procedures around employee requests for an exemption from CMS’ COVID-19 vaccine mandate to avoid red flags with surveyors.
01/14/2022
Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) are alerting providers to a system error that could cause a Notice of Admission (NOA) to be returned when submitted through an Electronic Media Claim (EMC) software provider.
01/14/2022
The national average hourly rate for home health nurses was $35.20 in 2021, up 2.98% from the previous time period, according to the 2021-2022 Home Care Salary & Benefits Report.
01/14/2022
Agencies that applied for Phase 4 of Provider Relief Fund payments started receiving payments on December 16, continuing throughout early 2022.

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