Home Health Line
03/13/2025
A recent report in the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety looked at the impact that employee trust in their leaders had on
professional satisfaction and high quality work in a survey of 353 health care workers.
03/06/2025
The fate of a telehealth waiver for face to face visits remains unknown, but providers are getting a clearer sense of one way the Department of Health and Human Services will operate under the new Trump administration: fewer chances for public comments before rulemaking.
03/06/2025
Make sure clinicians are assessing patients based on the specific tasks for the two different toilet transfer questions on the OASIS. Accurately recording the results impacts your payment and publicly reported data.
03/06/2025
Some acute care providers are gearing up for CMS’ newest accountable care model by looking for post-acute partners, and agencies that get involved could see reduced costs and smoother transitions for patients that undergo certain surgical procedures.
03/06/2025
Evaluate how new requirements under the Hospice Outcomes and Patient Evaluation (HOPE) tool will impact your staff’s workflow, as agencies that are unprepared for the changes could face inefficiencies, care delays and payment reductions.
03/06/2025
Discharge Function Score is not a top priority for quality improvement. It ranked fourth behind preventable hospitalizations, medication management and patient satisfaction.
02/27/2025
Educating staff on how to use detailed, narrative-form documentation could allow your agency to prevent gaps in care and compliance that may lead to reduced payments or catch surveyors’ attention.
02/27/2025
Agencies should be taking advantage of the voluntary period of submission of Start of Care (SOC) OASIS for all-payors in order to prepare for the changes coming July 1.
02/27/2025
Agencies must develop and fully implement Fraud and Abuse Compliance policies to foster a culture of compliance within their companies.
02/27/2025
Providers need to build processes to make sure patient records are provided within the required time frames and without delays.

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