Home Health Line
03/04/2021
HHS acting Secretary Norris Cochran declared a public health emergency (PHE) for the state of Texas on February 17 as a result of recent winter storms.
03/04/2021
The U.S. Department of Health and Humans Services has yet to provide a timetable for when agencies will need to report how they used provider relief funds, but agencies should make decisions now on how to account for those expenses.
03/04/2021
The Equality Act, which would prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, is back before Congress. Regardless of its chances at passage, employers should review their policies and practices to guard against discrimination, attorneys who advise employers say.
03/04/2021
This chart shows the average number of therapy visits that agencies performed in the first 10 months of PDGM compared to the average number of therapy visits in CMS’ Limited Data Set for all periods in 2018.
02/25/2021
Agencies are receiving new guidance from Medicare Administrative Contractors to address one of several issues that have caused erroneously rejected RAPs and claims since the start of the year.
02/25/2021
Coach your clinicians on how to have difficult conversations with patients about anxiety and depression as these conditions, which are on the rise due to the pandemic, can lead to negative outcomes.
02/25/2021
As CMS looks to introduce new measures focused on care delivery, hospice providers should review their claims data to identify areas where they may be underperforming.
02/25/2021
Just over half, 60%, of the top 10 primary diagnoses in the first five months of 2020 were made up of conditions exclusively grouped to either cardiac or respiratory categories.
02/25/2021
This table shows the average case-mix weight for 30-day periods in 2020, the first full year of PDGM.
02/19/2021
Experts answer questions on some of the hot topics in home health, including challenges with face-to-face compliance, addressing HIPAA concerns during the pandemic and what agencies need to know about the CMS push toward a value-based home health payment model.

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