Home Health Line
05/15/2025
Prepare your care team for situations in which they’ll be collaborating with more than one caregiver who provides support for a patient with dementia. Agencies that communicate openly and provide centralized resources for these caregivers could reduce caregiver frustration, boost outcomes and improve efficiency among in-home staff.
05/15/2025
A system error following a recent CMS Change Request is causing certain home health claims to be erroneously returned to providers, says Mary Carr, vice president of regulatory affairs at The Alliance for Care at Home.
05/15/2025
Introduce game-like elements into your rewards programs to motivate employees and get better results from professional development efforts. Recognizing top performers and participants also could increase staff productivity, collaboration and goal setting. 
05/15/2025
A review of home health documentation is showing clinicians have been struggling to document when a patient has a dementia diagnosis.
05/08/2025
Be sure to consider safety — and the specific nuance of each question — when assessing for both M1800 (Grooming) and GG0130B (Oral hygiene) on OASIS-E1.
05/08/2025
Review your documentation practices — and your Electronic Medicare Record (EMR) capabilities — as a clarification in attestation requirements could complicate compliance and lead to more audit scrutiny.
05/08/2025
Stress the importance of regular and thorough skin assessments for pressure-related injuries. Clinicians who remain vigilant and explain the importance of pressure redistribution to patients and caregivers may be able to fend off these wounds before they ever occur, preventing adverse events and saving your agency money down the line.
05/08/2025
Changes in blood flow can increase patients’ risk for pressure injuries, says Celeste Miller, director of consulting at Oracle Billing, Coding and Consulting in Logan, Utah. There are also specific circumstances that could make certain individuals more susceptible to these wounds, she notes. 
05/08/2025
Increased compliance scrutiny around your cost reports shows why it’s important to take them seriously. Creating detail-oriented and repeatable processes can help your agency comply with payment requirements and avoid audits. It can even help to boost future home health payment rates. 
05/08/2025
Public reporting on the Discharge Function Score has been updated for the first time after an initial release in January.

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