Home Health Line
09/19/2024
One of the challenges in scoring the GG items is when to score 07 or 10, as well as when to score the patient as fully dependent or independent. Here are some questions the clinician should consider before using these scores.
09/19/2024
Closely review the reasoning behind payment denials as several different CMS contractors have been basing decisions on Conditions of Participation that should be unrelated to requirements for payment.
09/19/2024
Educating employees on the ties between performance metrics, agency operations and HHVBP could boost documentation accuracy and increase productivity and reliability among staff.
09/19/2024
Coders will be able to capture a post-acute encounter for sepsis aftercare with new code Z51.A (Encounter for sepsis aftercare), when it takes effect Oct. 1. This code will be helpful with capturing cases where the provider has documented the sepsis as “resolved” but the reason for the home care admission relates back to the sepsis.
09/19/2024
Compare your results on key publicly reported OASIS measures to the national averages.
09/12/2024
Industry stakeholders warn agencies will be cutting services and some rural and smaller providers will have to weigh closing due to CMS’ proposed 1.7% home health payment cut for next year. Criticism of the payment cuts was one of the most frequent concerns among the more than 1,000 comments submitted in response to the 2025 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update proposed rule.
09/12/2024
Leveraging automated tools and AI in your agency’s data analysis process could provide new insights into your business, resulting in fewer gaps in patient care and increased accountability and understanding of key performance indicators among staff.
09/12/2024
An increase in the number of agencies hiring more remote coders was among the trends identified in DecisionHealth’s 2024 Home Health Coders’ Salary Survey. This could have an impact in two ways — more competition among individual coders for work and decreased professional oversight.
09/12/2024
Rising inflationary costs and decreased Medicare reimbursement may be fueling the continuous movement of agencies turning to outsourcing their coding.
09/12/2024
Staff evaluations can offer more than a measuring stick for individual performance. Done right, they can provide a comprehensive view of a department or agency’s overall performance and often lead to improved efficiency, staff retention and patient outcomes.

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