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08/01/2024
Reevaluate your agency’s emergency preparedness plans and remind clinicians to review the procedures with patients and caregivers ahead of a potential weather event to avoid costly survey citations.
07/25/2024
Clinical judgement should be used to determine if a patient is able to respond for each of the Social Determinant of Health (SDoH) OASIS items when patients are confused.
07/18/2024
Agencies that streamline the documentation process may see faster completion and improved clinician productivity, benefiting both agency costs and employee retention.
07/11/2024
A newly proposed 1.7% payment cut from CMS will mean fewer patients getting the care they need at home, warns industry leaders.
06/27/2024
Post-acute care providers are slowly beginning to utilize budding artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to benefit clinician productivity. For others planning to embark on this same journey, experts advise against abandoning solid clinical judgement. It’s also important to develop guidelines for clinicians and protect patient information.
06/20/2024
HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released the rule, which bars discrimination on the basis of age, color, disability, national origin, race and sex, on April 26. The measure goes into effect July 5, though OCR stated that it will allow agencies additional time to comply with certain requirements.
06/13/2024
Part of the new guidance will require agency management to be able to identify the nationally recognized source for infection prevention and control standards that the agency uses. They’ll also have to be capable of explaining why those standards were chosen for incorporation into the agency’s program.
06/06/2024
Beware of MAC activity when your patient changes a physician/practitioner. Some agencies under the Review Choice Demonstration (RCD) say they have gotten non-affirmation letters for lack of documentation to support the handoff between the two providers. Experts stress they see no clear regulation that supports this requirement.
05/30/2024
Measuring key performance indicators commonly linked to rehospitalization will allow agencies to recognize recurring patterns and downward trends in patient care. 
05/23/2024
Plan of care and certification issues edged out face-to-face encounter mistakes in the latest round of Targeted Probe and Educate (TPE) denials.

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