Home Health Line
05/15/2025
Changes in care delivery always require input from frontline clinicians, showing you value their opinion. That is even more important with new technology that might require flexibility and understanding as issues in the rollout get addressed.
05/15/2025
The OASIS item M1810 for upper body dressing factors into PDGM payments, yet it's often answered incorrectly due to confusion between this item and GG0130F.
05/15/2025
Prepare your care team for situations in which they’ll be collaborating with more than one caregiver who provides support for a patient with dementia. Agencies that communicate openly and provide centralized resources for these caregivers could reduce caregiver frustration, boost outcomes and improve efficiency among in-home staff.
05/15/2025
A system error following a recent CMS Change Request is causing certain home health claims to be erroneously returned to providers, says Mary Carr, vice president of regulatory affairs at The Alliance for Care at Home.
05/15/2025
Introduce game-like elements into your rewards programs to motivate employees and get better results from professional development efforts. Recognizing top performers and participants also could increase staff productivity, collaboration and goal setting. 
05/15/2025
A review of home health documentation is showing clinicians have been struggling to document when a patient has a dementia diagnosis.
05/08/2025
Be sure to consider safety — and the specific nuance of each question — when assessing for both M1800 (Grooming) and GG0130B (Oral hygiene) on OASIS-E1.
05/08/2025
Review your documentation practices — and your Electronic Medicare Record (EMR) capabilities — as a clarification in attestation requirements could complicate compliance and lead to more audit scrutiny.
05/08/2025
Stress the importance of regular and thorough skin assessments for pressure-related injuries. Clinicians who remain vigilant and explain the importance of pressure redistribution to patients and caregivers may be able to fend off these wounds before they ever occur, preventing adverse events and saving your agency money down the line.
05/08/2025
Changes in blood flow can increase patients’ risk for pressure injuries, says Celeste Miller, director of consulting at Oracle Billing, Coding and Consulting in Logan, Utah. There are also specific circumstances that could make certain individuals more susceptible to these wounds, she notes. 

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