Home Health Line
03/11/2021
With proper care management strategies in place, some agencies have achieved a balance between a cost-effective number of patient visits and quality of care under PDGM. Others have struggled to adequately plan for the two 30-day billing periods and have been left with a LUPA in the second month of care.
03/11/2021
Agencies struggling to address unbilled claims mignt need to consider operational changes and improve relationships with the physician’s office to address this costly drag on your bottom line.
03/11/2021
Ensure your coders are keeping up with the latest guidelines for correct use of new COVID-19 codes as well as codes for all related conditions.
03/11/2021
This is a look at the average number of visits per 30-day period broken down by payment type and clinical group. The data represent 4.6 million period claims billed from January through October 2020 and pulled from Strategic Healthcare Programs National Client Database.
03/04/2021
Ensure clinicians and caregivers are trained on recommended safety protocols around administering COVID-19 vaccinations to homebound patients, the CDC states in recently released guidance.
03/04/2021
Recent PDGM data show that agencies may not have pulled back on therapy visits in 2020 as much as some may have expected.
03/04/2021
Intake staff members are faced with the new challenge of asking patients if they’ve come in contact with or contracted COVID-19, and they’re not always ready for that conversation.
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.

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