Home Health Line
08/17/2023
National averages in home health quality reporting and patient surveys show patient improvement in a wide range of scores, but a significant decline year-over-year in patients that have received a flu shot for the current flu season.
08/10/2023
One of the most important pieces of doing a comprehensive drug review and medication reconciliation is making sure that what’s in the Plan of Care and EMR match. Failure to do so could result in a survey citation as medication reconciliation continues to be an area of focus during both surveys.
08/10/2023
Regardless of CMS’ position on PHE practicies like employee vaccinations, you have to make sure you are following your agency’s written policies.
08/10/2023
Don’t get too caught up with the word “entirely” in response “3” for the OASIS M1800 items.
08/10/2023
There are different funding sources available for seniors who are having trouble covering all of their living expenses, including money to afford their home care.
08/10/2023
If your organization is the subject of an OCR audit or investigation, you must provide your policies and procedures that demonstrate the implementation of the HIPAA rules to the federal agency and your most recent security risk analysis. 
08/10/2023
The 2024 Home Health Prospective Payment System (HHPPS) proposed rule includes updated wage index proposals for 2024.
08/03/2023
You can find opportunities for new efficieinces in your operations, including IT, mileage, medical supplies and more.
08/03/2023
The hospice payment increase for fiscal year 2024 climbed to 3.1%, up slightly from the 2.8% proposed in March, according to the FY2024 Hospice Payment Rate Update Final Rule released July 28. This equates to an estimated increase in payments of $780 million from the current fiscal year.
08/03/2023
CMS’ proposed changes to comorbidity adjustments and functional points for 2024 bring both good and bad news related to what you could be paid for the level of care your agency provides.

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