Home Health Line
10/14/2020
The fourth quarter 2020 Coding Clinic guidance update released Oct. 1 included guidance on the newly implemented codes for pathological fractures.
10/14/2020
Agencies should consider implementing a Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) program in order to help paint a more detailed picture of a patient’s medical history.
10/14/2020
The following shows the difference between a non-compliant query which “leads” the provider to a specific diagnosis versus a complaint query which does not “lead” the provider to any one diagnosis and allows for open-ended responses.
10/14/2020
Every Monday morning, Healing Hands Healthcare of Wichita Falls, Texas, hosts a “pep rally” of sorts to keep employees engaged and invested in the company’s mission.
10/14/2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic has surged, providers have increasingly taken advantage of technology to provide routine care to patients and monitor them after discharge.
10/14/2020
“Physician documentation doesn’t provide needed detail to assign acceptable diagnoses codes” was the top documentation challenge reported among the 192 respondents to a survey conducted by DecisionHealth’s Association of Home Care Coding and Compliance (AHCC).
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.

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