Home Health Line
02/06/2019
CMS did not extend its moratoria on new home health agencies and new branches of existing home health agencies.
02/06/2019
Fines for Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) violations have been adjusted for inflation. A pre-publication version of the U.S. Department of Labor's final rule increasing the civil monetary penalties was posted Jan. 15.
02/06/2019
by: Minneapolis-based ABILITY Network Inc.
Z47.1 (Aftercare following joint replacement surgery) was the most profitable primary diagnosis in home health through the first three quarters of 2018. The average reimbursement per episode was $3,379, while the average cost per episode was $2,214.
01/30/2019
More than a year after the revised Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs) took effect and about four months after the release of related interpretive guidelines, CMS has provided agencies with additional clarifying guidance around the requirements.
01/30/2019
The home health industry’s scores on bathing, transferring and ambulation showed continued improvement when Home Health Compare was refreshed Jan. 23.
01/30/2019
Agencies with The Joint Commission as their accrediting body will soon have an increased need to educate patients about opioids.
01/30/2019
A new memo alerts state survey agency directors that when home health agencies face civil monetary penalties, those penalties will be greater than they had been in prior years.
01/30/2019
For several years, the home health industry hadn’t had any positive or negative changes in any of the five major HHCAHPS categories.
01/30/2019
by: Home Health Compare
Agencies have continued to improve in several Home Health Compare measures included within value-based purchasing, according to data released Jan. 23.
01/24/2019
With less than a month of OASIS-D under their belts, many agencies are struggling with accuracy and productivity challenges associated with the assessment. But newly released CMS quarterly OASIS Q&As may help eliminate some confusion.

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