Home Health Line
02/18/2021
Home health services conducted via telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic will be audited by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) according to a recent announcement that has left home health agencies, and consultants that work with them, wondering why the government would audit services that are not reimbursable by CMS.
02/18/2021
New workplace guidance on COVID-19 from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) offers an important reminder that employee education on PPE and pandemic protocols is critical. That is particularly true in an industry with so many staff members working remotely, according to experts on infection control and compliance.
02/18/2021
Implementing a new code to capture COVID-19 in April 2020 was, of course, necessary. However, the changing guidelines and lack of clarification made it challenging for coders to assign all of the correct diagnosis codes.
02/18/2021
Under current Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) guidance, employers are only responsible for recording cases of COVID-19 under certain conditions.
02/18/2021
Now more than ever, the severity of cyberthreats, and the frequency with which they are attacking health care organizations, has continued to increase at an alarming rate.
02/18/2021
About 10% of a total 523,986 primary codes were COVID-19 related in January 2021, the first month they took effect. J12.82 (Pneumonia due to coronavirus disease 2019) was the most commonly used of these codes, used 69 times as primary and 27,011 times as secondary. The data reflect starts of care and resumptions of care from Strategic Healthcare Programs (SHP) National Client Database.
02/11/2021
Industry leaders are raising the alarm that too many caregivers appear to be declining the COVID-19 vaccine. While mandatory vaccination policies are likely legal, experts are stressing education as a better option for employers.
02/11/2021
New guidance for employers related to COVID-19 doesn’t create new mandatory standards, but the tone of the guidance is a signal from the Biden administration of more support for enforcement, according to attorneys focusing on workplace safety issues.
02/11/2021
RAP issues should remain on your radar for a few more weeks as new requirements continue to cause erroneous returns and payment penalties.
02/11/2021
CMS offered answers to 10 questions for agencies in the latest quarterly OASIS Q&As.

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