Home Health Line
11/13/2019
Reevaluate the role of intake and consider adopting stricter intake policies to get the referral right from the outset.
11/13/2019
It started with a gold star program and a traveling gnome. For one home health agency, these seemingly disconnected ideas became the ingredients to achieving top-notch customer care and improved patient satisfaction scores.
11/13/2019
CMS has re-released an MLN Matter article to confirm the decision to suppress payments associated with requests for anticipated payment (RAPs) for new agencies also impacts existing agencies that have undergone a change of ownership.
11/13/2019
The number of agencies achieving five stars in the quality of care ratings dropped slightly in the October 2019 refresh of Home Health Compare.
11/13/2019
For several years, the home health industry hasn't had any positive or negative changes in any of the five major HHCAHPS categories. 
11/13/2019
Use this tool to help intake staff get all necessary information required.
11/06/2019
CMS has eased off of plans to implement an 8.01% decrease in agencies’ payments due to changes it anticipates agencies will make in response to the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) in 2020.
11/06/2019
Coders will now be able to assign six R-codes for dysphagia as a primary diagnosis under the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM).
11/06/2019
CMS is moving full steam ahead toward implementation of the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) on Jan. 1, 2020, and agencies must take advantage of the remaining time to prepare.
11/06/2019
Big changes are coming to the OASIS in 2021, and CMS expects a draft of the revised assessment in early 2020, according to the 2020 PPS final rule.

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