Home Health Line Breaking News
10/27/2023
In a November meeting, the commission will review the hospice workplan over the coming 18 months, including hospice’s effect on net Medicare spending, the hospice aggregate cap and beneficiary outcomes, and more.
10/24/2023
The four-page tool can be used to educate physicians or as a quality check for internal staff to make sure the face-to-face documentation meets requirements.
10/23/2023
Among other practices, the agency only paid overtime wages for hours over 80 in a bi-weekly period.
10/20/2023
The House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a Health Subcommittee hearing on long-term care workforce, focusing on proposed rules around nursing home staffing levels and wages for home care workers under Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services.
10/17/2023
Agencies now have access to confidential reports that compare measure outcomes between Medicare-Medicaid dually enrolled patients and non-duals, as well as between non-White and White patients.
10/17/2023
If a patient loses his or her balance while a therapist is performing a therapeutic intervention meant to challenge balance, this would not be considered a fall under M1033 (Risk for hospitalization) response “1 – History of falls” CMS clarifies in response to a question in the October 2023 quarterly OASIS Q&As.
10/16/2023
There is no specific distance for a beneficiary to ambulate that would rule out homebound status, but the documentation should note details on the patient’s considerable or taxing effort. For example, mentioning pain limitations, fatigue, dyspnea, a limited range of motion impairing overall functional mobility, impaired balance or a need for rest to recover.
10/12/2023
The refresh includes updated data on OASIS results and HHQRP claims-based measures.
10/06/2023
Health care employment grew, but at a slower pace than the average monthly gains from the past 12 months.
10/05/2023
Updates include a 2024 update to the OASIS manual, the October refresh of public reporting on Care Compare and health equity confidential feedback reports that were announced last month.

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