Home Health Line
10/09/2025
Burnout, alert fatigue and inefficient workflows can quietly undermine patient safety long before an adverse event occurs.
10/09/2025
Agencies are seeing more success with appeals of denied claims under the Review Choice Demonstration.
10/03/2025
As a result of the recalculation request process, CMS adjusted the APR data used for agencies in the larger-volume cohort.
10/02/2025
With the budget impasse in Washington, the waiver that allowed for telehealth use for face-to-face encounters expired Sept. 30.
10/02/2025
Ensure staff members are appropriately navigating infection control standards during wound care, as this is an area for frequent citations, especially during field visits. 
10/02/2025
Use this tool to remind clinicians of CMS’ guidance to surveyors and the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention’s (CDC) guidance for health care workers on hand hygiene and glove use.
10/02/2025
Organizations that present their services in a more accessible way can improve trust with non-traditional referral sources while gaining new connections with potential patients/clients and their caregivers.
10/02/2025
Six months into public reporting on the Discharge Function Score, agencies nationally have shown that new attention to the GG items is paying off.
10/02/2025
Coders may have a way to capture surgical wounds that are temporarily left open at the end of a procedure if a proposal is approved as presented during the September ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance Committee meeting.
09/25/2025
Stress the importance of physicians dating their signatures on orders to avoid a common claim denial under medical review that can lead to payment losses for care your agency has already provided.

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