Home Health Line
04/06/2015
Hold frequent case conferences to improve coordination of patient care and lessen the chances your agency will receive a standard-level deficiency for G0143 (Coordination of patient services) during state surveys.
 
04/06/2015
With a requirement for home health agencies to have surety bonds almost certain at this point, agency owners with personal credit ratings marred by tax liens, consistently late car loan payments or other negatives should start right now to undertake a credit cleanup. 
 
04/06/2015
Ask agency caregivers on a daily or weekly basis about their family life, what they do to relieve stress outside of work or how they’re handling a client’s debilitating disease or recent death.
 
04/06/2015
CMS’s final open door forum to discuss its proposed electronic and paper clinical templates has been rescheduled to 1:30 p.m. EST April 28.
 
04/06/2015
Beginning in July, agencies will have access to a free tool from quality improvement organization TMF Health Quality Institute that will help them address their risks for overpayment from Medicare, according to a report on the TMF website. 
 
04/06/2015
by: CMS
G0158 (Written plan of care established and periodically reviewed) remained the most common standard-level deficiency in 2014, followed by G0159 (Plan of care covers diagnoses, required services, visits, etc.), data CMS provided HHL show.
 
04/02/2015
Think twice before your agency unlocks an OASIS to correct minor problems such as misspelled names. Unnecessarily unlocking the OASIS could delay the claim, result in untimely submission and potentially more additional documentation requests (ADRs).
 
 
03/31/2015
CMS’s final open door forum to discuss its proposed electronic and paper clinical templates has been rescheduled to 1:30 p.m. EST April 28.
 
 
03/30/2015
CMS doesn’t require Medicare Advantage plans to demand that physicians have face-to-face encounters with plan enrollees they refer for home health. But agencies should be alert to the possibility that plans can adopt such a requirement on their own. 
 
03/30/2015
Even though a proposed track 3 for accountable care organizations (ACOs) in the Medicare shared savings program (MSSP) offers significant financial incentives, including a homebound status waiver, most ACOs will choose to remain in the less risky track 1, key industry stakeholders argue. 
 

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