Home Health Line
10/31/2016
The number of 5-star agencies in quality of care has increased every quarter since the ratings were first released — and that trend continued when CMS released the latest ratings Oct. 19.
10/31/2016
The lowest-scoring composite within the latest 5-star HHCAHPS ratings involves “specific care issues,” which focuses on several things including medication management, CMS’ data show.
10/31/2016
An American Hospital Association (AHA) lawsuit against HHS on behalf of hospitals that have been hurt financially by the long wait for Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) review of their denied claims may lead a judge to quickly deal with an appeals backlog that’s 935 days long and growing for all providers.
10/31/2016
Home health providers and associations have strong reservations about CMS’ latest bundled payment models, and some of the home health industry’s comments request that CMS relax the homebound requirement for patients who participating hospitals refer to home health.
10/31/2016
The Joint Commission this month launched an online resource center to prevent workplace violence in health care. 
10/31/2016
Nearly 2,400 home health agencies nationwide have achieved HomeCare Elite status this year. The winners were announced Oct. 24 in conjunction with the National Association for Home Care & Hospice annual event in Orlando, Fla.
10/31/2016
by: Home Health Compare
Fewer than 1,000 agencies nationwide earned five stars in the ratings system involving HHCAHPS, according to the ratings released Oct. 19. 
10/31/2016
Fill out this tool and provide a copy to patients to show them you have educated them about the disease process and medications, among other things.
10/27/2016
Report a diagnosis of diabetes or peripheral vascular disease (PVD)/peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in OASIS item M1028 (Active diagnoses) when either diagnosis meets the criteria for assignment in M1021 or M1023 as a primary or comorbid condition, according to the October 2016 CMS OASIS Q&As.
10/25/2016
by: OCS HomeCare by National Research Corporation
During the first two quarters of 2016, I50.9 (Heart failure, unspecified) was used nearly half the time agencies used codes beginning with I50.-, according to data from Seattle-based OCS HomeCare by National Research Corporation.

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