Home Health Line
08/21/2025
Creating and implementing clinical pathways for patients with commonly seen conditions can be a beneficial way to create efficiency among visits, improve outcomes and help keep patients out of the hospital.
08/21/2025
A whiteboard and other visual cues set up during a home health stay may provide critical support post-discharge to ensure the patients and caregivers keep track of medication schedules and other critical routines that will mitigate rehospitalization.
08/21/2025
Here’s a list of the top 10 primary diagnoses for traditional Medicare 30-day periods from January to June 2025.
08/14/2025
Addressing issues of well-being and nutrition may have a positive impact on your patient's outcomes and their opinion of your care — two key factors in value-based payments. CMS’ 2026 home health proposed rule included several requests for information about future topics for the quality reporting, including well-being and nutrition. 
08/14/2025
This patient profile can be completed during intake to learn more about a patient’s mealtime preferences and help them make balanced food choices.
08/14/2025
See what tools your technology vendors offer to leverage predictive analytics to forecast patient risks and outcomes. Using these tools to drive clinical decision-making can help your team improve care, prevent adverse events and boost reimbursement under Home Health Value-Based Purchasing.
08/14/2025
Agencies that focus on building their online visibility may be able to access new leads while building connections with other organizations that can help providers grow their services. Devote ample time and effort to creating a digital presence that allows people to easily learn about your services, team and mission. 
08/14/2025
A recent settlement between OCR and Health Fitness Corporation offers a sharp reminder of the steep consequences of neglecting HIPAA Security Rule compliance, especially the risk analysis requirement that underpins effective protection of ePHI.
08/14/2025
HHCAHPS results can be tough to move, particularly the national averages on the quality measure items. But the final data for 2024 show two of the five publicly-reported HHCAHPS measures have improved year-over-year.
08/07/2025
Patient improvement on dyspnea is an important factor in snagging a payment boost under Home Health Value-Based Purchasing. But it's difficult for some agencies to move the needle on this measure. One issue is that a patient's dyspnea can be caused by many different things.

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