Home Health Line
07/11/2024
Consider including assessment questions now around the basic needs of your patients as CMS appears poised to add OASIS items on Social Determinants of Health (SDoH).
06/27/2024
Post-acute care providers are slowly beginning to utilize budding artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to benefit clinician productivity. For others planning to embark on this same journey, experts advise against abandoning solid clinical judgement. It’s also important to develop guidelines for clinicians and protect patient information.
06/27/2024
Emphasize to patients, patient families and staff that your agency will not tolerate harassment or discrimination against in-home clinicians.
06/27/2024
Think about how well you hope the patient will be able to ambulate at discharge and keep that in mind when answering the related OASIS start-of-care (SOC) item M1860 (Ambulation/Locomotion). This tip can help improve your ambulation outcomes, which are used to determine PDGM payments, Five-Star Ratings and referral volume. 
06/27/2024
Cybersecurity has dominated headlines recently with a series of significant breaches highlighting the vulnerabilities within the U.S. health care sector. These events underscore the urgent need for health care organizations to bolster their cybersecurity defenses to protect sensitive patient data and ensure continuity of care.
06/27/2024
Agencies are seeing improved clinician productivity through the use of new technology tools.
06/20/2024
HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released the rule, which bars discrimination on the basis of age, color, disability, national origin, race and sex, on April 26. The measure goes into effect July 5, though OCR stated that it will allow agencies additional time to comply with certain requirements.
06/20/2024
Home health agencies that prioritize intentional communication about the Home Health CAHPS Survey (HHCAHPS) could see higher response rates and 5 Star Rating scores, leading to a potential payment boost under Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP).
06/20/2024
CMS recently addressed some confusion around collaboration between disciplines and the appropriate time frame when a clinician is completing the OASIS.
06/20/2024
by: Brian Ward
You don’t give the same dose of medication to every patient, and the same is true with training health care staff, says Dr. Robert Lloyd, a vice president of improvement science and senior improvement advisor at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). This is the idea behind the dosing approach — what a staff member or group needs to know to do their job well should determine the amount and type of training they receive.

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