Home Health Line
06/06/2024
by: DecisionHealth Staff
On average, patients in the wounds clinical group received more visits than nearly all other PDGM clinical groups.
05/30/2024
Measuring key performance indicators commonly linked to rehospitalization will allow agencies to recognize recurring patterns and downward trends in patient care. 
05/30/2024
In anticipation of the first HHVBP payment adjustments in January 2025, CMS is making moves to prepare agencies, as well as releasing an additional tab in the July interim reports with benchmarks and achievement threshold for the revised applicable measures for 2025.
05/30/2024
Investigators are making it easier for whistleblowers to report alleged fraud and abuse, but efforts to get ahead of employee complaints will reduce your agency’s risk of government investigations and whistleblower action.
05/30/2024
Stepping away from the daily responsibilities of being an agency administrator or another management role can feel impossible. But it can be critical that you’re able to leave the operations in capable hands for some time away, whether for life events or even just to take a few days for an industry conference or workshop.
05/30/2024
HHS has focused on fraud in home health for years. A report on Medicaid fraud in 2023 continued to show home health and personal care attendants are hot targets for fraud investigations.
05/23/2024
Plan of care and certification issues edged out face-to-face encounter mistakes in the latest round of Targeted Probe and Educate (TPE) denials.
05/23/2024
CMS has refined its signature requirements for prior authorization and medical review processes, but these changes won’t address some of the common mistakes agencies make when it comes to physicians appropriately signing and dating the plan of care (POC) and certification. 
05/23/2024
Some agencies in the Review Choice Demonstration (RCD) will have to change their processes after CMS announced the extension of the demonstration in the same six states for an additional five years.
05/23/2024
Stress to clinicians the importance of delivering patient rights information “in advance” of furnishing any care.

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