Home Health Line
10/19/2023
The national average was 84% for the HHCAHPS measure “How do patients rate the overall care from the home health agency?” according to Care Compare data captured from 984,076 surveys collected in 2022.
10/12/2023
As new codes are introduced for Parkinson’s disease, the diagnosis reaches the top five most commonly assigned primary diagnoses for the first half of 2023.
10/12/2023
OASIS-E item B0200 (Hearing) may get glossed over due to its seemingly straightforward nature but getting the correct answer to this question can go a long way to keep patients safe and determine homebound status.
10/12/2023
CMS will release two new Health Equity Confidential Feedback Reports to home health agencies, along with inpatient rehabilitation facilities, long-term care hospitals and skilled nursing facilities.
10/12/2023
Take employee complaints regarding pay disparities seriously after a recent $100,000 settlement that involved a home health provider accused of paying female post-acute care coordinators less than male coworkers for performing the same tasks.
10/12/2023
As Medicare Advantage (MA) plans participating in the Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) model continue to add palliative care offerings, hospice providers weighing whether to partner with these plans should take a look at how competitors have been responding to MA opportunities.
10/12/2023
Here’s a list of the top 10 primary diagnoses for the first half of 2023.
10/05/2023
Agencies not only struggle to get positive HHCAHPS results, but some agencies struggle to get enough survey responses in the first place.
10/05/2023
Interoperability has long been a goal for agencies, but competition and intellectual property make some vendors reluctant to share patient data. That barrier is gradually getting softer though as vendors expand their services and ability to collaborate with others.
10/05/2023
After a 2% increase in the average salary of a home health coder in 2021, coding salaries continue to rise with a 3.8% increase to an average of $69,653 in 2022.

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