Home Health Line
11/05/2020
If you’re looking to sell your home health agency, you might want to sit tight and wait for the market to settle to get the biggest bang for your buck.
 
11/05/2020
An OASIS assessment with a stronger description of the patient’s needs, as well as fewer red flags, is made easier with a collaborative relationship between the reviewer and clinician.
11/05/2020
Following a recent DecisionHealth webinar about the final 2021 ICD-10 Codes, agencies asked questions of Ohio-based independent home health and hospice consultant Brandi Whitemyer, RN, CDIP, COS-C, HCS-D, HCS-O.
11/05/2020
As we cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s important to take a few extra measures to protect your organization, your patients and your clients-as well as your data.
11/05/2020
Nearly one third of the 181 coders responding to a recent survey reported challenges in working with clinicians on necessary edits to an OASIS due to inconsistences or inaccuracies.
10/29/2020
Answers to the following questions were provided by Chris Apgar, president of Apgar & Associates, LLC, in Portland, Ore. This information does not constitute legal advice. Consult legal counsel for answers to specific privacy and security questions.
10/29/2020
Recent studies serve as a reminder, especially during a global pandemic, for agencies to focus on ways to ensure that patient referrals get converted into periods of care.
10/29/2020
CMS clarified in the October OASIS Q&As that the waiver related to therapy and nursing evals allows for therapists to perform their discipline-specific evaluations and complete both the initial and SOC comprehensive assessments with OASIS as long as it is a case where both nursing and therapy are ordered.
10/29/2020
Now more than ever, it’s vital for agencies to take a look at their processes for assessing risk for hospitalization.
 
10/29/2020
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has made $20B more available for providers as part of phase 3 of the Provider Relief Fund (PRF).

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