Home Health Line
08/15/2019
Hospices shouldn’t delay preparations for election statement modifications and a new election statement addendum requirement finalized in the 2020 hospice payment rule.
08/15/2019
Make obtaining staff buy-in a priority during the transition to the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM). Failure to do so could jeopardize employee engagement levels and open the door to increased turnover and reduced productivity.
08/15/2019
Several key changes were made to coding guidance as part of the FY2020 ICD-10-CM Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, released Aug. 5.
08/15/2019
Following a recent DecisionHealth webinar about the final ICD-10 codes, agencies asked questions of industry expert J’non Griffin, president of Home Health Solutions, LLC in Carbon Hill, Ala. Here are some of her answers.
08/15/2019
It’s very tempting to respond when a patient bad mouths your agency online or to the press, but it’s not worth the risk.
08/15/2019
About 25% of agencies say turnover is the single biggest non-regulatory challenge to productivity in 2019, while 20% say patient acuity is having the biggest impact.
08/07/2019
As the Review Choice Demonstration (RCD) expands, agencies in Ohio and beyond should take note of best practices that have led to success in Illinois.
 
08/07/2019
An ounce of prevention can prevent a pound of trouble — and legal bills — when it comes to hiring and pre-employment testing practices.
08/07/2019
Agencies have less than five months to ensure they submit all claims using new Medicare beneficiary identifiers (MBIs). Providers will be required to use those MBIs on claims beginning Jan. 1, 2020.
 
08/07/2019
Following a recent DecisionHealth webinar about achieving success in targeted probe-and-educate (TPE) reviews, agencies asked questions of Annette Lee, owner of Provider Insights Inc. in Des Moines, Iowa, and Wendy Bruce, administrator for Haven Home Health Inc. in Monroe, La. Below are some of their answers.

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