Home Health Line
05/09/2024
The latest publicly reported data on Care Compare continues to show national improvement for home health agencies on key OASIS measures. Agencies will want to review these numbers and determine if they’re seeing similar progress or if they’re getting left behind.
05/09/2024
In the 2025 hospice payment update proposed rule, CMS is seeking input on four Social Determinants of Health items that it says “align across post-acute care and hospice care settings,” with the expectation that they will eventually support quality measures.
05/02/2024
Agencies nationwide will want to closely monitor CMS for updates to the Review Choice Demonstration (RCD) as it appears set to expire on May 31, but could be extended in the current six states or expanded to more.
05/02/2024
Review your policies around noncompete clauses, as well as your employee salaries, but don’t act — yet — as two new federal rules targeting these topics will certainly face challenges in court, according to experts.
05/02/2024
Hospice providers have a little more time to make sure that physicians certifying hospice services have either enrolled in Medicare or proactively opted out, as CMS has delayed this new requirement until June 3.
05/02/2024
As increasing documentation challenges create more barriers to productivity, shiny new AI and machine-learning tools are emerging — promising to improve efficiencies and clear any productivity roadblocks caused by documentation or lack thereof.
05/02/2024
Value-based care is a key part of most industry buyers’ strategies, according to a new survey — and buyers are looking for agencies that can demonstrate their value beyond Home Health Value-Based Purchasing.
05/02/2024
HHS is rolling out several new initiatives through the Administration for Community Living’s DCW Strategies Center that are designed to help organizations better meet the demand for Home and Community-Based Services.
05/02/2024
Poor clinician assessment documentation narrowly took the top spot among documentation issues that have had the biggest negative impact on coder productivity.
04/25/2024
Industry leaders have argued against the 80-20 rule, noting the other costs that the rule doesn’t account for and the potential that this will negatively impact access to home care services as some agencies are expected to close or exit the Medicaid program.

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