Home Health Line
04/04/2024
President Biden’s administration is angling to make the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing model permanent. It was one of several initiatives announced in the president’s fiscal year 2025 budget, released March 11.
04/04/2024
Be proactive in protecting staff from potential harm in the home as recent violent incidents, including the murder of a clinician last fall, have led to new proposals aimed at keeping clinicians safe.  
04/04/2024
Despite the projection that the need for home health and personal care aides are expected to grow faster than any other occupation in the next decade, agencies are faced with high turnover rates for these roles. 
04/04/2024
What are the critical components of a vendor risk management program that aligns with HIPAA compliance?
04/04/2024
It is not appropriate to assign a code for underdosing when a PRN medication is not taken, the Coding Clinic clarified in its Q1 2024 guidance update.
04/04/2024
Home health aide visits have declined more than 32% over the first three years of PDGM. That’s more than twice the decrease in the total
number of visits in a 30-day period.
03/28/2024
The new guidance also adds three emergency preparedness items to the list of standard Level 1 reviews. This likely means that emergency planning will become a focus in surveys and generate additional deficiencies that agencies haven’t seen.
03/28/2024
For home health payments in 2025, MedPAC is recommending a 7% reduction in the base payment rate. The commission's recommendations to Congress also included no payment update for hospice providers.
03/28/2024
It is important to accurately assess for this item as missing some statements on M1033 can have an impact on both revenue and OASIS outcomes.
03/28/2024
The top offenders for unbilled claims are unsigned orders and missing or incomplete face-to-face documentation.

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