Home Health Line
07/01/2021
Recent high-profile settlements from federal and state labor investigations highlight the risk home health agencies face in complying with strict policies around wage-and-hour rules.
07/01/2021
Despite being absent from the codes listed in the April proposed code update, U09.9 (Post COVID-19 condition, unspecified) was included as part of the 159 new codes finalized to be added to the ICD-10 code set on Oct. 1.
07/01/2021
Home care agencies ranked recruitment and retention as the number one growth strategy in 2021, with an increase of 13.7% over the year before.
07/01/2021
More than a year after the COVID-19 pandemic upended the nature of work as we knew it, it’s no surprise that there has also been a transformation in how people are recruited and hired for work.
07/01/2021
In 2020, more agencies than ever before listed caregiver shortages as an extreme threat to their business, according to the 2021 Home Care Benchmarking Study. The survey from Home Care Pulse included responses from 800 providers.
06/25/2021
Experts answer questions on some of the hot topics in home health, including face-to-face compliance, missed visits, patient education and more.
06/24/2021
Agencies face new compliance risks under the COVID-19 Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). But the new rules from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), released June 10, 2021, offer a path for fewer requirements during some home health visits.
06/24/2021
A recent Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) report might be the ammo that CMS needs to move forward with plans to expand the demonstration nationwide in the near future.
06/24/2021
The comment period for the proposed 2022 hospice payment rule has ended, and the 55 comments included  mixed feelings on a variety of proposals including the proposed star rating system, the election addendum and the permanent adoption of two blanket waivers introduced during the public health emergency.
06/24/2021
Nita Beecher, an attorney with FortneyScott in Washington, D.C., says she expects employers will be happy that they will continue to have an alternative for health coverage for nonemployees.

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