Home Health Line
11/13/2017
One result of the payment changes outlined in the final 2018 PPS rule is a low-utilization payment adjustment (LUPA) rate of $143.40 per visit for skilled nursing in 2018 compared with $141.84 in 2017.
11/13/2017
Now that CMS has finalized its plan to remove one of the current measures from value-based purchasing, it’s even more important for agencies to stand out on the remaining measures.
11/13/2017
The Florida Supreme Court has recently determined that home health marketers can’t poach referral sources from their former employers if they previously signed non-compete agreements.
11/13/2017
by: 2018 PPS final rule; 2017 PPS final rule
The 2018 national per-visit amounts for low-utilization payment adjustment (LUPA) episodes will be slightly higher for all disciplines than the 2017 rates.
11/13/2017
by: Josh Poltilove
HHL has compiled this quick-reference tool to help you evaluate the major provisions of the 2018 final PPS rule.
11/13/2017
The 2018 final PPS rule finalizes changes to 33 OASIS items that will result in the collection of 235 fewer data elements at specific time points within a home health episode. The elimination of the data elements equates to the complete removal of certain items in the OASIS, except where otherwise indicated with asterisks as explained in the footnotes of the table below, according to CMS.
11/13/2017
The following is an example of something that would be included in thorough, detailed EMR notes that would help the interdisciplinary team overall do a better job with a patient’s pain.
11/06/2017
Actions that home health agencies and advocacy organizations took to combat CMS’ proposed Home Health Groupings Model (HHGM) have successfully torpedoed it. It’s a massive victory for an industry that believed the model would devastate agencies’ bottom lines and cause many providers to close.
11/06/2017
CMS’ long-awaited draft version of the interpretive guidelines for the revised Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs) provides agencies some clarity about what surveyors might focus on and how to avoid citations beginning Jan. 13, 2018.
11/06/2017
The number of agencies earning five stars in patient satisfaction has plummeted 64% since July 2017.

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