Home Health Line
08/01/2018
by: Strategic Healthcare Programs
The five questions below remain the lowest scoring questions on the HHCAHPS survey, according to data from Strategic Healthcare Programs (SHP) in Santa Barbara, Calif. 
07/26/2018
The draft guidance manual defines an injury related to a fall as “Any documented injury that occurred as a result of, or was recognized within a short period of time (i.e. hours to a few days) after the fall and attributed to the fall.”
07/25/2018
The proposed new payment system for the home health industry is designed to be budget neutral. But an HHL analysis of CMS data show it will leave nearly half the country’s home health agencies with less money than under the current model.
07/25/2018
While CMS has proposed removing dozens of items from the OASIS to alleviate burden on home health agencies, experts contend many of the eliminated topics will continue to require assessment.
07/25/2018
The public can now easily view all statements of deficiencies as a result of home health complaint surveys CMS conducted from January 2011 through March 2018. A file CMS recently posted on its website includes more than 16,000 specific deficiencies during that timeframe.
07/25/2018
Review your agency’s process for receiving and handling complaints. Early survey results under the revised Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs) show several complaint-related situations where an agency was cited this year.
07/25/2018
A Category 5 hurricane is barreling toward your area, and impact is expected within days. What should you do to prepare?
07/25/2018
by: CMS
G0572 (Plan of care) has been the most common standard-level deficiency as of July 24, according to CMS data. But among the top 23 standard-level deficiencies in home health thus far in 2018, 17 involve issues with agencies’ emergency preparedness. 
07/23/2018
by: CMS
In the 2019 proposed PPS rule, CMS provided a table that offers insight into the impact of PDGM case-mix adjustment methodology for patients with selected clinical conditions.
07/18/2018
A portion of the 2019 proposed PPS rule opens the door for home health agencies to get paid by Medicare Part B to administer home infusion therapy for certain patients who don’t qualify for the home health benefit.

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