Home Health Line
10/07/2020
As flu season arrives, agencies will want to make employee vaccinations a priority to prevent staffing shortages and improve patient safety.
10/07/2020
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has decided to base provider relief payments on net operating income rather than reductions in revenue as previously stated, a move that has providers flabbergasted.
10/07/2020
The pandemic has affected agencies’ ability to impact patient quality outcomes, and the industry is asking for CMS to consider this when making future determinations about publicly reported measures and the future of the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) model.
10/07/2020
President Donald Trump’s recent executive order (EO) placing limits on the diversity training that federal employers and contractors can offer is raising concerns of a chilling effect on employers’ diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.
10/07/2020
With COVID-19 a focus of so much patient concern, you should take special care to reassure them when one of your clinicians comes down with it.
10/07/2020
A study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) looking at the 2018-19 flu season found 81.1% of 2,386 health care personnel surveyed were vaccinated. The rate was highest in workplace settings where vaccination was required.
10/01/2020
New rules for health care exemptions under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) put more responsibility on agencies to define employee roles a key determination in who qualifies for leave under the Department of Labor’s (DOL) rule.
10/01/2020
Hospices have been preparing for the modifications to the hospice election statement requirements, effective Oct. 1, and finalized in the 2021 hospice payment rule.
10/01/2020
CMS recently updated the HCPCS codes that home health agencies may bill for the cost of in addition to the administration of the medication for certain injectable osteoporosis drugs.
10/01/2020
A new proposed rule from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) would make it easier for employers to justify classifying certain workers as independent contractors, but misclassifying workers would still be a costly mistake.

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