Home Health Line
03/14/2019
Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Palmetto GBA shared potentially good news with certain providers struggling to achieve success in targeted probe-and-educate reviews.
03/14/2019
by: Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service, Oakland, N.J.
RNs nationwide earned about 2.4% more in 2018 than they did in 2017, according to the Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service’s 2018-2019 Home Care Salary & Benefits Report. They earned an average of $35.34 per hour, according to the more than 1,500 agencies participating in the study.
03/07/2019
by: CMS
The chart below lists the subgroups that lead to high comorbidity adjustments under PDGM. Claims with secondary diagnoses within interacting categories will qualify for a high comorbidity adjustment.
03/06/2019
CMS recently received Paperwork Reduction Act approval for its planned review choice demonstration for home health. Now it’s “finalizing the choice selection process” for agencies, a CMS spokesman tells HHL.
03/06/2019
Educate all staff on the signs and symptoms of worsening congestive heart failure (CHF). Doing so could help reduce hospital readmission for patients with CHF.
03/06/2019
As the usage of Medicare Advantage (MA) plans has increased, so too have the number of claim denials agencies face. But there are many ways to avoid denials so that the appeal process can be avoided. 
03/06/2019
Following a recent DecisionHealth webinar about the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM), agencies asked questions of industry expert Robert Markette. Markette is an attorney with Indianapolis-based Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman.
03/06/2019
The government’s approach to compliance keeps evolving, with new trends emerging every year.
03/06/2019
by: ABILITY Network
About 18.5% of patients with a primary diagnosis of pneumonia were rehospitalized within 30 days of hospital discharge during the first three months of 2018, according to an analysis by Minneapolis-based ABILITY Network. That’s an improvement of 0.8% from 2017 and 1.2% from 2016. 
03/06/2019
Use this tool to help COPD patients understand when they are at greatest risk, when to call the agency or doctor and when to call 911. 

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