Home Health Line
03/19/2020
CMS has announced that Home Health Compare won't be updated as scheduled in July 2020.
03/19/2020
Among the Hospice Item Set (HIS) measures posted on Hospice Compare, providers improved the most on “Hospice and palliative care pain assessment” and the “Hospice and palliative care composite process measure” during the February 2020 refresh.
03/19/2020
Agencies should use this checklist to help prepare for the spread of the coronavirus.
03/12/2020
Agencies should pay special attention to therapy documentation in 2020, especially because many industry experts expect therapy utilization and therapy documentation to be the subject of extra CMS scrutiny under the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM).
03/12/2020
Home health agencies should pay attention to CMS’ administrator Seema Verma’s recent comments on accrediting organizations and accredited agencies should be prepared for additional verification surveys in the future.
03/12/2020
Getting involved with the village movement may be an untapped opportunity for private duty agencies.
03/12/2020
 
Agencies need to take steps to protect themselves when their electronic health record vendor suffers a security breach, commits fraud or otherwise drops the compliance ball. Here are nine tips that can help you out:
03/12/2020
With the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continuing to spread internationally, the coding world is catching up, little by little.
03/12/2020
CMS has announced all health care providers should ensure they’re implementing infection control procedures.
03/12/2020
About 22% of private duty agencies said their top referral source of 2018 was clients, according to Home Care Pulse of Rexburg, Idaho.

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