Home Health Line
09/30/2021
As agencies across the nation struggle to retain workers, especially during the grueling pandemic, a new study suggests that reducing scheduling volatility for full-time nurses could mitigate nursing turnover in home health care.
09/30/2021
Agencies struggling to get employees vaccinated will want to consider persistent, compassionate one-on-one outreach as a way to reach vaccine-hesitant staff ahead of a planned federal mandate.
09/30/2021
For many agencies, the first step in preparing for the Notice of Admission (NOA) in 2022 will be checking to make sure their EMR provider is making its own preparations.
09/30/2021
Timely initiation of home care goes a long way in reducing 30-day hospital readmission rates among adult Medicare patients with diabetes, according to a study done by Rutgers University.
09/30/2021
When coding for a stage 3 gluteal cleft pressure ulcer, assign L89.153 (Pressure ulcer of sacral region, stage 3), Coding Clinic clarified in its Q3 2021 guidance update, released Sept. 20.
09/30/2021
Compare some of the key PDGM metrics for home health periods with a primary diagnosis of COVID-19 compared to all other primary diagnosis.
09/30/2021
Experts answer questions on some of the hot topics in home health, including face-to-face encounters, physician documentation and infection control surveys.
09/23/2021
Agency leaders have been left holding their breath ahead of CMS plans to announce a vaccine mandate later this fall that will include all Medicare and Medicaid providers.
09/23/2021
With the transfer of health being a top priority under the upcoming OASIS-E, agencies should take a look at their EMR systems and ensure that they have a way to both send and receive patient information securely, efficiently and effectively.
09/23/2021
Coders may soon have a way to capture patients who are unvaccinated or partially vaccinated for COVID-19 if a proposal for the creation of codes to show under immunization is approved for an early implementation.

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