Home Health Line
03/19/2018
Industry experts contend the release of OASIS-D next year will add another layer of confusion for clinicians, particularly since many continue to struggle with the existing assessment.
03/19/2018
Instruct clinicians to wait until the end of the initial visit to ask patients and their caregivers about the patient’s confusion.
03/19/2018
Organize a survey binder with key items so you’ll be more prepared for entrance interviews at the beginning of surveys.
03/19/2018
Take steps to bolster the documentation your hospice provides to support patients’ eligibility and for the level of hospice care you bill.
03/19/2018
by: Minneapolis-based ABILITY Network Inc.
Nearly 49% of the time during start-of-care (SOC) visits, clinicians mark that patients have experienced confusion at some point within the last 14 days, according to data from Minneapolis-based ABILITY Network Inc.
03/19/2018
Home health agency leaders should include several key items within three-ring binders they organize as they prepare for home health surveys. Make sure your binders include the following information.
03/16/2018
by: Eileen Maguire
View this sample distracted driving policy from Gilliland, Maguire & Harper, PC.
 

 
03/13/2018
The window is closing — and in some cases has closed — for agencies to take advantage of a settlement option for a low volume of pending appeals at the third and/or fourth levels of appeal.
03/12/2018
CMS’ newly posted surveyor training reiterates the need for home health agencies to ensure patients’ plans of care are individualized. The training also explains that surveyors should make sure agencies include all the plan-of-care elements detailed within the revised Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs).
03/12/2018
Do you think a patient might lose her balance when retrieving clothes? Did you feel like you needed to be in the room for the patient’s safety when the patient demonstrated that ability? If clinicians answer “yes” to questions like these, be sure their concerns are reflected in the way they respond to M1810 (Ability to dress upper body). Otherwise you could be losing money.

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