Home Health Line
11/06/2025
Take a look at the top 10 most commonly assigned hospice terminal codes for 2024.
10/30/2025
Make sure your clinicians are looking out for patient visits with physicians and other outside health care documentation, as these details can help support the continued need for skilled care.
10/30/2025
The following questions were answered by J’non Griffin, senior vice president/principal of coding and compliance with SimiTree, based in Hamden, Conn, and Apryl Swafford, QA manager with SimiTree.
10/30/2025
Recent encounters with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers at health care facilities suggest that providers with foreign national employees or patients should prep staff to be extra cautious.
10/30/2025
Boost your team’s ability to achieve and exceed patient safety and independence goals by developing a structured physical activity program that all members of the interdisciplinary team can help facilitate. This holistic approach to care can help reduce hospitalizations, falls and nonadherence to the plan of care, improving value-based reimbursement and publicly reported outcomes on Care Compare.
10/30/2025
Highlight the stability of health care employment and ongoing support for new hires as a way to attract more applicants, including those who haven't worked in health care before. 
10/30/2025
The perception of the demands of the job is seen as the biggest disadvantage to working in health care, with the physically and emotionally demanding work seen as the biggest negatives of working in health care.
10/23/2025
The inaction in Washington is impacting the industry on several fronts. Agency leaders are anxiously awaiting a final determination on payments for next year, and they are pressing for pandemic-era telehealth capabilities to resume. 
10/23/2025
Just because a home health service is ordered doesn’t mean it’s medically reasonable and necessary. Emphasize the importance of highlighting why care is skilled, reasonable and necessary throughout the quality assurance process.
10/23/2025
As reviewers focus on the need for skilled nursing in recent pre-claim non-affirmations and medical review denials, keep these expert tips in mind.

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