Home Health Line
02/22/2018
President Donald Trump has submitted a national budget for 2019 which, like his prior annual budget, provided guidelines that may or may not be followed by Congress.
02/22/2018
Amid the national #MeToo movement centered on sexual harassment and gender discrimination in American culture, agencies should be prepared to take action after learning an employee has made allegations via social media regarding the agency, its clients or its managers.
02/22/2018
Before determining whether it makes sense for your private duty agency to contract with Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, examine your population and local plan options.
02/20/2018
CMS will hold a home health, hospice and durable medical equipment (DME) open door forum 2 p.m. EST Feb 28.
02/19/2018
Agencies gearing up for the performance improvement project (PIP) requirement under the revised Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs) should closely examine a sample project created by the Home Health Quality Improvement (HHQI) National Campaign.
02/19/2018
Code a condition in M1017 (Diagnoses requiring medical or treatment regimen change within past 14 days) even if the condition has recently improved but only if it’s relevant to and included on the patient’s plan of care.
02/19/2018
New projections show the occupations of home health aide and personal care aide will grow exponentially by 2026. As a result, agencies should take recruitment efforts up a notch in order to attract the best candidates amid an avalanche of similar job openings.
02/19/2018
Have all members of the hospice interdisciplinary group (IDG) — in consultation with the patient’s attending physician — complete the comprehensive assessment no later than five calendar days after the election of hospice care.
02/19/2018
Aftercare for joint replacements, hypertensive heart disease and hypertension were the three most common primary diagnosis codes in 2017, according to data from Minneapolis-based ABILITY Network.
02/19/2018
Agencies can use the performance improvement project (PIP) outlined here as a template when crafting and documenting their own projects.

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