Home Health Line
10/24/2019
The latest release of CMS’s quarterly OASIS Q&As delves into issues around the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) and OASIS-D1, providing much-needed guidance for agencies on how to meet CMS expectations for the assessment heading into 2020.
10/24/2019
Hospices and home health agencies should take steps to educate patients and families about how to safely store and dispose of medications — especially opioids — to ensure patients have access to the medications they need and to prevent diversion of drugs into the community.
10/24/2019
Agencies will no longer be required to provide patients with a verbal notification of all their rights — with two exceptions — based on changes finalized in a rule designed to reduce burden in the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
10/24/2019
The Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) will negatively impact agency cash flow. The question is when — and how much — that negative impact will be felt.
10/24/2019
About 22% of agencies take more than 15 days to submit the OASIS to CMS, according to 120 respondents to a question on HHL's 2019 Home Health Clincian Productivity Survey.
10/17/2019
Agencies should take a close look at how they conduct competency evaluations to ensure compliance now that CMS has released changes to existing regulations.
10/17/2019
Agencies should consider establishing processes for how to handle changes in a patient’s condition between the first and second 30-day payment periods under the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM).
10/17/2019
It has become more imperative than ever to comply with HIPAA. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has reduced the annual penalty limits for many HIPAA violations — but appears to be increasing the pressure on providers to follow the rules.
10/17/2019
Following a recent DecisionHealth webinar about improving care coordination under the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM), agencies asked questions of industry expert Diane Link, owner of Link Healthcare Advantage in Littlestown, Pa. Here are some of her answers.
10/17/2019
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has reduced the annual penalty limits for many HIPAA violations. View the revised amounts below.

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