Home Health Line
03/04/2020
Agencies should determine their risk factors in an effort to help combat patient rehospitalization percentages.
03/04/2020
Coders may assign Z45.2 (Encounter for adjustment and management of vascular access device) as the principal diagnosis or the first listed secondary diagnosis code in order to be placed in the Complex Nursing clinical grouping under the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM), according to CMS.
03/04/2020
Following a recent DecisionHealth webinar on key documentation improvement for Review Choice and PDGM, agencies asked questions of industry expert Joseph Osentoski, a consultant with Gateway Home Health Consulting in Madison Heights, Mich. Here are some of his answers.
03/04/2020
About 61% of agencies will work to improve on the quality of care star rating measure “acute care hospitalization” in 2020.
02/26/2020
Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar declared a public health emergency Jan. 31, in response to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus which started in China and has been identified in several cases in the U.S.
02/26/2020
Agencies should keep in mind that the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) does not change home health eligibility or coverage, and take care to appropriately provide therapy services in 2020.
02/26/2020
By using a sign campaign in patient homes, one Ohio agency was able to reduce the number of major falls to 1.8%.
02/26/2020
Carefully review your contracts with health IT vendors, such as your electronic health record (EHR) company or electronic data storage provider.
02/26/2020
CMS is offering web-based training on existing requirements and changes coming to the Home Health Quality Reporting Program.
02/26/2020
About 32% of agencies worked to implement or complete a QAPI performance improvement project on reducing fall risks in 2019, according to 135 respondents to HHL’s 2020 Trends Survey.

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