Home Health Line
11/06/2017
Hospices will soon participate in pilot testing a draft version of an item set that covers the comprehensive patient assessment.
11/06/2017
Face time with referral partners to discuss your agency’s specialty program can be extremely beneficial — keeping it fresh in peoples’ minds and paying off with new referrals.
11/06/2017
by: Minneapolis-based ABILITY Network, Inc
Nationally, more than half of all total hip and knee replacement patients who were rehospitalized within 30 days of discharge in 2016 were rehospitalized within the first week, according to new data from Minneapolis-based ABILITY Network, Inc.
10/30/2017
Agencies say system limitations and edits are leading to unnecessary denials and payment suspensions to the tune of $25,000 for some providers over a failure to match an OASIS with the claim. But CMS is making changes to offer agencies relief moving forward.
10/30/2017
One Massachusetts-based home health agency is saving hundreds to thousands of dollars an episode and has improved quality outcomes by using a Wound Ostomy Certified Nurse (WOCN), forming a wound team and enhancing wound care training.
10/30/2017
Following a recent DecisionHealth webinar about how to prepare for the Home Health Groupings Model (HHGM), agencies asked questions to attorney Robert Markette of Indianapolis-based Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman. Here are some of his answers.
10/30/2017
During the final weeks before the emergency preparedness requirements take effect for home health, agencies must make sure they’ve taken all necessary steps to be in full compliance.
10/30/2017
by: Minneapolis-based ABILITY Network
I87.2 (Venous insufficiency (chronic) (peripheral)) was the least profitable ICD-10 code in 2016. That’s according to an analysis of assessments involving about 900,000 PPS episodes by Minneapolis-based ABILITY Network.
10/25/2017
by: CMS
There are 360 agencies nationwide that earned five stars in the ratings system involving quality of care, according to ratings released in October 2017. Meanwhile, 959 agencies received 4.5 stars.
10/25/2017
by: CMS
Only 542 agencies nationwide earned five stars in the ratings system involving HHCAHPS, according to the ratings released in October 2017. That’s a 64% decrease from July 2017.

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