Home Health Line
10/26/2023
More efficient visit use could be one way to address looming payment cuts. But be sure to balance decisions to cut visits with what the patient really needs and LUPA potential. 
10/26/2023
An intercepted fall would be considered a fall under M1033 (Risk for hospitalization) response “1 — History of falls (2 or more falls — or any fall with an injury — in the past 12 months),” CMS clarified in the quarterly OASIS Q&As, released Oct. 17. 
10/26/2023
As CMS takes a closer look at hospice documentation, many of the technical mistakes made around documentation at the Start of Care could cause denials.
10/26/2023
As the home health industry braces for another round of payment cuts, understand that cost reports are used to determine whether those cuts continue.  
10/26/2023
Coders could have new codes to capture hypoglycemia levels if a proposal is approved as presented during the virtual ICD-10 Coordination & Maintenance Committee meeting.
10/26/2023
“Requested records not submitted timely” was the top reason for denials for new hospice providers from April to June 2023.
10/19/2023
The next interim performance report, available in late October, will be the first time that agencies get a picture of where they are standing on claims-based and HHCAHPS-based measures
10/19/2023
Don’t include too many additional questions in your HHCAHPS surveys. Doing so could make collection and review of the data more complicated for you and your staff and could reduce the response rate from patients.
10/19/2023
Having a full understanding of a patient’s vision status — and accurately capturing that through OASIS-E item B1000 (Vision) — can help you adapt a care plan to ensure both patient safety and positive outcomes.
10/19/2023
It is important that hospice coders accurately capture the terminal diagnosis and understand when it would be appropriate to change the diagnosis to ensure the patient is receiving the appropriate care and interventions.

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