Home Health Line
05/22/2019
Ensure clinicians fully understand how to respond to M2003 (Medication follow-up) when filling out the OASIS. The item has taken on greater importance because it’s part of a measure that is now publicly reported on Home Health Compare.
05/22/2019
Agencies seeking to pass CMS’ Review Choice Demonstration (RCD) with flying colors should select the pre-claim review option and ensure they gather all the detail necessary to outline why patients are homebound.
05/22/2019
The number of agencies earning five stars in the quality of care star ratings ticked upward in the most recent quarterly refresh of Home Health Compare.
05/22/2019
CMS is conducting data analysis to prepare for possible introduction of star ratings on Hospice Compare.
05/22/2019
by: CMS
Agencies continued to improve in several Home Health Compare measures included within value-based purchasing, according to data refreshed May 17.
05/20/2019
If patients appear physically able to shower or bathe but refuse to do so, clinicians must delve into why. The difference in clinicians’ responses will impact scoring on M1830 (Bathing).
05/20/2019
Ensure skilled professionals from your agency assume responsibility for communicating with all physicians involved in the plan of care and with other health care practitioners (as appropriate) related to the current plan of care.
05/20/2019
Respond to M1311 (Current number of unhealed pressure ulcers/injuries at each stage) at start of care (SOC) and resumption of care (ROC) based on the first skin assessment conducted by agency staff.
05/20/2019
You must assign M19.90 (Unspecified osteoarthritis, unspecified site) for a patient whose physician has only diagnosed “osteoarthritis” — even if the physical therapist’s assessment states that the osteoarthritis (OA) is affecting the right shoulder.
05/20/2019
by: CMS
This chart shows the number of clinical points that various OASIS responses will generate under the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM).

Login

User Name:
Password: