Home Health Line
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.
03/28/2024
It was one of more than 25 proposals that were presented recently. All of the discussed proposals are being considered for an Oct. 1, 2025, implementation date.
03/28/2024
Medicare fee-for-service margins for freestanding home health agencies dropped year-over-year, but was still higher than 20%, according to analysis by MedPAC looking at Medicare home health cost reports.
03/21/2024
A patient having prior home health experience can alleviate the anxiety of having clinicians in a patient’s home when hospice care is needed.

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