Home Health Line
03/19/2020
Agencies should monitor staffing levels to ensure they have enough workers to meet patient needs as the coronavirus continues to spread.
03/19/2020
Coders should assign E43 (Unspecified severe protein-calorie malnutrition) for patients documented as having “severe malnourishment” or being “severely malnourished,” according to the Q1 2020 Coding Clinic update, released this month.
03/19/2020
Hospices saw some of the biggest improvements on the pain assessment measure during the latest refresh of Hospice Compare, and hospices should take note of best practices to see continued success.
03/19/2020
Following a recent DecisionHealth webinar on marketing under the Patient-Driven Groupings Model, agencies asked questions of industry expert Melanie Stover, co-owner of Home Care Sales, LLC in Fairhope, Ala.
03/19/2020
CMS has announced that Home Health Compare won't be updated as scheduled in July 2020.
03/19/2020
Among the Hospice Item Set (HIS) measures posted on Hospice Compare, providers improved the most on “Hospice and palliative care pain assessment” and the “Hospice and palliative care composite process measure” during the February 2020 refresh.
03/19/2020
Agencies should use this checklist to help prepare for the spread of the coronavirus.
03/12/2020
Agencies should pay special attention to therapy documentation in 2020, especially because many industry experts expect therapy utilization and therapy documentation to be the subject of extra CMS scrutiny under the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM).
03/12/2020
Home health agencies should pay attention to CMS’ administrator Seema Verma’s recent comments on accrediting organizations and accredited agencies should be prepared for additional verification surveys in the future.
03/12/2020
Getting involved with the village movement may be an untapped opportunity for private duty agencies.

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