Home Health Line
01/09/2017
by: Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service’s 2016-2017 Home Care Salary & Benefits Report
RNs nationwide earned 2.76% more in 2016 than they did in 2015, according to the Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service’s 2016-2017 Home Care Salary & Benefits Report. More than 1,900 agencies participated in the study.
01/02/2017
Home health agencies in 2017 will spend more time and money than before on training and staffing dedicated to improving care quality, data show.
01/01/2017
Examine how frequently the primary diagnoses you list will be deemed “questionable encounter” codes under the Home Health Groupings Model (HHGM). As needed, train staff to query physicians for more specific information so you can avoid red flags for auditors today that will lead to claims being bounced back under the HHGM
01/01/2017
Restructure clinical managers’ positions so they function more like case managers. Doing so will help you prepare for care planning and coordination changes that are a part of the revised Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs).
01/01/2017
While it’s an understandably attractive practice to pay RNs and therapists the same lump sum for each patient visit, it’s not in your agency’s best interest to pay per visit unless you are also willing to pay overtime.
12/29/2016
Conquer the confusion that surrounds the coding of common pulmonary conditions, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), to ensure your coding is accurate and sufficiently captures the care your agency is providing.
12/22/2016
The Alliance for Home Health Quality and Innovation has the following comments on various IMPACT Act measures.
12/22/2016
The Republican-controlled Congress and White House won’t be able to erase the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in its entirety, House Republican aides suggest, which means the home health industry may have to lobby on its own to erase the ACA’s face-to-face requirement.
12/22/2016
Recent announcements that CMS’ probe-and-educate review is starting back up and that its pre-claim review demonstration is expanding beyond Illinois spell trouble for claims scrutiny in 2017.
12/22/2016
Agencies seeking to improve on value-based purchasing measures in 2017 should use data to identify outcomes that are below thresholds and/or identify outcome trends of no improvement. A deep data analysis can help your agency improve on value-based purchasing measures and ultimately receive greater payments.

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