Home Health Line
10/02/2019
The multi-million dollar settlements paid by Cottage Health and Touchstone Medical Imaging reveal yet another front-burner cybersecurity issue for the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR): reducing vulnerabilities that stem from the way a provider sets up its computers and networks.
10/02/2019
Online searches for in-home care are growing, but if you’re not making smart decisions around your online presence, you could be missing out on a potential marketing and referral treasure trove.
10/02/2019
Search engine optimization (SEO) was the top consumer marketing source for private duty agencies in 2018, according to the 2019 Home Care Benchmarking Study.
09/26/2019
Medicare Advantage (MA) is on the rise, and with that, so is the opportunity for home health agencies if they can get creative about how to demonstrate their value.
 
09/26/2019
Educate aides on how to talk to patients about advance directives to ensure the most current information is on the plan of care and to better enable all staff to provide appropriate care consistent with patient wishes.
09/26/2019
Agencies now have clear direction from CMS on how to handle the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) episodes in which no visits are ordered during the first 30-day payment period.
09/26/2019
Following a recent DecisionHealth webinar about how marijuana legalization impacts home health agencies employment policies, agencies asked questions of Miranda Watkins, attorney with Fisher Phillips in San Diego, Calif. Below are some of her answers.
09/26/2019
by: BKD
The average estimated payment per period under the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) varies by clinical group and from state to state, according to analysis by BKD Health Care Group of Springfield, Mo.
09/18/2019
The home health industry submitted 548 comments on the 2020 PPS proposed rule, with many commenters expressing concerns around behavioral assumptions and CMS’ proposal to phase out Requests for Anticipated Payment (RAPs).
09/18/2019
Coders soon may have the ability to capture additional detail for patients with Stage 3 chronic kidney disease (CKD) if a proposal to expand code N18.3 (Chronic kidney disease, stage 3 (moderate)) into a subcategory is approved.
 

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