Home Health Line
04/10/2025
Coders should not assume a relationship between a patient’s venous insufficiency and diabetes mellitus, the Coding Clinic clarified in their recent Q1 2025 guidance update.
04/10/2025
Nearly half of 1,546 claims denied under medical review by Palmetto GBA during the fourth quarter of 2024 were due to no response.
04/03/2025
Industry leaders are calling on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to carefully plot out major job cuts and department shifts to avoid impacting patients and providers.
04/03/2025
Utilize basic email security protocols and educate staff on identifying messages that could present threats to your agency’s finances, technology and sensitive patient information. Failing to prevent these attacks could lead to barriers in patient care, loss of business or, possibly, closure.
04/03/2025
Don’t confuse the location-specific assessment of M1830 (Bathing) with the location-independent assessment of GG0130E (Shower/bathe self) when assessing for the items related to bathing on the OASIS.
04/03/2025
Encourage clinicians to dig deeper when assessing patients for symptoms of anxiety and depression and normalize these mental health concerns to improve patient engagement, outcomes and avoid emergency room visits or rehospitalizations.
04/03/2025
Help patients who are experiencing symptoms of anxiety or depression engage in healthy coping mechanisms to improve adherence with and participation in the plan of care. 
04/03/2025
Home health providers report that 42.5% of patients struggle with depression, according to the National Health Statistics Report.
03/27/2025
Advocates in the halls of Congress offered support for agencies during a recent subcommittee hearing. Topics highlighted in testimony from industry leaders and comments from legislators included adequate payment and telehealth services. 
03/27/2025
It’s not clear how the new leadership in Washington will address home health payments for 2026, but the annual pitch to Congress from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) is again calling for a 7% cut to the base payment rate.

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