Home Health Line
07/09/2020
The Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) has been in effect for seven months, and industry experts have begun to see the patterns and misconceptions when it comes to coding accurately under the new payment model.
07/09/2020
When the video of George Floyd handcuffed on the ground with a white Minneapolis police officer’s knee on his neck went viral, public outrage included claims of systemic racism in many law enforcement agencies.
07/09/2020
We’d like to welcome our Beacon Institute customers to your first issue of Home Health Line!
06/25/2020
CMS surveyors are focused on checking providers’ infection control policies and emergency response plans as a result of the public health emergency.
06/25/2020
Home health and hospice commenters urged CMS to delay election statement content modifications and addendum proposals, scheduled to take effect Oct. 1, for at least one year after the public health emergency (PHE).
06/25/2020
One of the biggest areas for improvement that experts have seen in the early days of PDGM relates to OASIS accuracy of the functional items that drive payment.
06/25/2020
A few weeks ago, CMS announced that it was temporarily relaxing requirements to allow hospice aides to use a role-play situation or computer-based mannequin devices instead of actual patients for the competency testing of hospice aides.
06/25/2020
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision blocking the Trump administration’s efforts to rescind Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) provides certainty for both employees benefiting from the program and for their employers.
06/25/2020
This graph shows the average functional impairment points for 2.3M traditional Medicare 30-day payment periods that started January through May 2020 from the Strategic Healthcare Program’s national client database. (See related story for tips on OASIS accuracy for functional items).
06/17/2020
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released new FAQs about funds granted as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act Provider Relief Fund.

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