Home Health Line
07/22/2021
It’s up to your agency to build a rapport with physicians and remind them that CMS requires specific face-to-face documentation for home health payment.
07/22/2021
Agencies considering a Medicare audit/recoupment appeal should first ensure they understand the full process.
07/22/2021
When looking to improve your operations post pandemic, consider giving your case management processes a tune up. Effective case managers are key to improving outcomes and patient and referral satisfaction, as well as attracting and retaining qualified clinicians.
07/22/2021
Identify the key points in developing the assessment, plan of care and interdisciplinary coordination.
07/22/2021
Be prepared for cases when physicians call on your clinicians to facilitate their virtual visits. This has been reported among agencies especially for patients who are COVID-19 positive and high risk and many are wondering how to handle this.
07/22/2021
The data show the average number of visits per 30-day period broken down by discipline for the last year.
07/15/2021
Pay close attention to your responses to the Home Health Care Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HHCAHPS) surveys as they soon may be a factor in payment adjustments under a national Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) model.
07/15/2021
Agencies will likely welcome a narrowed focus on preventable hospitalizations in quality reporting under the proposed 2022 home health payment rule.
07/15/2021
Agencies could see some changes in the way that CMS determines home health payments in 2022 if proposed changes to the comorbidity adjustment and functional impairment points get finalized.
07/15/2021
New hospice survey requirements, tucked in the 2022 proposed home health payment rule, call for more oversight and enforcement of health and safety requirements and establishes new regulations for surveyors.

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