Home Health Line
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.
02/11/2021
COVID-19 has devastated many home health agencies across the U.S., and Basin Health Companies, a home health agency in New Mexico serving the Navajo Nation, was no exception.
02/11/2021
Key findings from a recent report comparing Medicare Advantage to traditional Fee-For-Service found that MA patients had better clinical and financial outcomes than traditional Medicare patients.
02/11/2021
Nearly two-thirds of all agencies that responded to the HHL trends survey said that they were planning on administering the COVID-19 vaccine to staff when it became available.

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