Home Health Line
06/17/2021
This table shows the national averages for key outcomes for those agencies participating in the Home Health Value Based Purchasing demo versus those agencies that weren’t in performance year 2019.
06/10/2021
Updated technical assistance from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission clarifies how employers can require or encourage employees to take a COVID-19 vaccine, but attorneys advising employers point out how the document also contains cautions.
06/10/2021
There is more competition than ever when looking for skilled clinicians. And market changes driven by the pandemic mean you might need to shift your recruitment practices to account for the new normal.
06/10/2021
Wound care is one of the top groups for payment under PDGM, but documentation is key to prevent compliance and audit issues that could put your payment at risk.
06/10/2021
Nearly half of COVID-19 patients left the hospital with significant functional decline post-discharge, a new study from Michigan Medicine found.
06/10/2021
As the public health emergency winds down, resist the urge to return to the way you did things before the COVID-19 pandemic.
06/10/2021
The most common medical review denial reasons for agencies that submitted claims to CGS from January through March 2021.
06/10/2021
Nearly 200,000 of the 1.14 million Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized with COVID-19 were discharged to home health through March 20, 2021, according to the Medicare COVID-19 Data Snapshot.
06/03/2021
Congress continues to roll out new legislation supporting home health, and agencies should keep monitoring their state authorities as new regulations and key funding decisions are happening closer to home.
06/03/2021
Agencies looking to grow their operations should take an aggressive approach to some of the industry’s toughest challenges — including recruitment hurdles and unfunded telehealth efforts — so they can find success.

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