Home Health Line
12/12/2018
Following a recent DecisionHealth webinar about the proposed review choice demonstration, agencies asked questions of Joe Osentoski, Troy, Mich.-based reimbursement recovery and appeals director at Quality In Real Time (QIRT). Here are some of his answers about the demo.
12/12/2018
Among the seven Hospice Item Set (HIS) measures posted on Hospice Compare, providers improved the most on “Hospice and palliative care pain assessment” during the November 2018 refresh.
12/12/2018
Take time to train clinicians on how to properly document unwitnessed falls. Doing so will be crucial to successfully respond to new falls items coming to OASIS-D.
12/05/2018
Before OASIS-D takes effect Jan. 1, 2019, take full advantage of permitted collaboration and get a solid grasp on the response options for new items.
12/05/2018
Given an opportunity to provide insights about Medicare regulatory requirements that are burdensome, many in the home health industry pointed to tub baths currently being an aide competency requirement under the revised Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs).
12/05/2018
Add Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) CGS to the bandwagon of those paying close attention to agencies’ avoidance of low-utilization payment adjustments (LUPAs).
12/05/2018
Pain interview questions and a Brief Interview for Mental Status (BIMS) were top-scoring data elements in beta testing of items for post-acute providers as part of the IMPACT Act.
12/05/2018
About 31% of agencies expect to spend more than eight hours training for OASIS-D. 
11/28/2018
Train clinicians immediately about how they’ll need to respond to a new OASIS item assessing prior functioning.
11/28/2018
Home health providers, reeling from the regulatory burdens of the revised Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs) and new emergency preparedness requirements, support the idea of eliminating overly burdensome and/or unnecessary requirements.

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