Home Health Line
05/02/2024
As increasing documentation challenges create more barriers to productivity, shiny new AI and machine-learning tools are emerging — promising to improve efficiencies and clear any productivity roadblocks caused by documentation or lack thereof.
05/02/2024
Value-based care is a key part of most industry buyers’ strategies, according to a new survey — and buyers are looking for agencies that can demonstrate their value beyond Home Health Value-Based Purchasing.
05/02/2024
HHS is rolling out several new initiatives through the Administration for Community Living’s DCW Strategies Center that are designed to help organizations better meet the demand for Home and Community-Based Services.
05/02/2024
Poor clinician assessment documentation narrowly took the top spot among documentation issues that have had the biggest negative impact on coder productivity.
04/25/2024
Industry leaders have argued against the 80-20 rule, noting the other costs that the rule doesn’t account for and the potential that this will negatively impact access to home care services as some agencies are expected to close or exit the Medicaid program.
04/25/2024
Champion work-life balance and a better work environment to keep your best clinicians as a new study suggests a sharp increase in burnout among RNs and a reduced number of nurses in home health and hospice even as other settings see growth.
04/25/2024
If your EMR flags medications as being at risk for interactions, it doesn’t mean that you should capture that situation in the OASIS drug regimen review items under M2001.
04/25/2024
Hospice providers have to stay prepared for patients who live past their six-month lifespan, but they also need to make sure they’re in compliance with CMS and Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) regulations, as any significant length of stay is a target for audits.
04/25/2024
Come October, coders could have a way to capture a post-acute encounter for sepsis aftercare if the proposed code Z51.A (Encounter for sepsis aftercare) is finalized later this year.
04/25/2024
The latest National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses, released in March, found a net increase of 400,000 licensed RNs since the last national survey in 2018. But the total number of RNs in home health and hospice declined.

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