Home Health Line
04/10/2017
It’s important to accurately assess pain for patients who are non-verbal or present other difficulties in communicating, because failure to do so can negatively impact Home Health Compare scores and 5-star ratings.
04/10/2017
Initial pilot testing results related to the IMPACT Act show a few domains such as pain are straightforward and easy to complete. But other domains such as cognitive status and medication reconciliation will require some edits before they get adopted.
04/10/2017
Nine new codes for different types of heart failure could be added to the ICD-10 code set on Oct. 1.
04/10/2017
by: ABILITY Network
The average number of clinical case-mix points in 2016 was 4.04 — that’s relatively stable after it plummeted from 8.27 in 2014 to 4.17 in 2015, according to data from Seattle-based ABILITY Network.
04/10/2017
View the following pain domain questions examined during Alpha 1.
04/07/2017
Use this tool as a sheet to help clinicians who struggle with converting feet into inches.
04/07/2017
OASIS-C2 is the regulatory change that has had the biggest impact on agencies’ productivity in 2017, the results of a new HHL survey show.
04/03/2017
CMS is in the midst of two separate, large-scale payment issues involving the hospice industry — issues that began after CMS restructured the way it pays hospices.
04/03/2017
by: Jennifer Sandel, co-owner of Home Care Services Solutions, Battle Creek, Mich.
Use the following tool to track each step of the OASIS assessment’s submission process and stay within the 30-day deadline.
04/03/2017
With a new requirement that took effect April 1, untimely OASIS submissions could put agencies’ payment at risk for the first time.

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