Home Health Line
07/25/2024
In the July CMS OASIS Q&As, a questioner asked how to stage a pressure ulcer on the OASIS when the deepest anatomic soft tissue damage is unknown.
07/25/2024
Focusing only on a number of visits can inadvertently set up the need to just perform “visits” to meet productivity goals. That can lead to clinicians providing visits that are not driving value for the patient outcomes and adding unnecessary costs to the episode.
07/25/2024
Agencies that implement mental health interventions for staff could see diminished stress among clinicians and aides, renewed employee focus and higher-quality care, experts say.
07/25/2024
The Age-Friendly System-Wide Spread Collaborative is an 18-month project where 30 U.S. health systems will try to spread the adoption of four evidence-based elements of high-quality care, known as the “4Ms.”
07/25/2024
Agencies are giving clinicians more time to complete the OASIS when weighting visits, but clinicians and other staff are still struggling to meet productivity goals.
07/18/2024
Agencies that streamline the documentation process may see faster completion and improved clinician productivity, benefiting both agency costs and employee retention.
07/18/2024
Prepare for potential rule changes that will require careful documentation of your admission process, as well as an online description of your staffing and specialties.
07/18/2024
Many hospice providers are struggling to find volunteers and maintain Medicare compliance after the pandemic. Providers that strengthen training programs and consider participant and patient needs and interests could see an increase in long-term volunteers.
07/18/2024
Effective Oct. 1, coders will now have a way to capture a post-acute encounter for sepsis aftercare with the new code Z51.A (Encounter for sepsis aftercare). This code is just one of the 252 codes finalized as part of the FY2025 ICD-10 final code update — released July 3 by CMS along with the guidelines. 
07/17/2024
As part of CMS’ proposal to update the CoPs to require an acceptance to service policy, the 2025 home health payment proposed rule included cost estimates.

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