Home Health Line
07/21/2023
Frontloading is a best practice for reducing hospitalizations and improving patient outcomes, but agencies need to be aware of LUPA issues and the costs that can come with frontloading.
07/21/2023
Now is the time to get creative with fall detection capabilities by considering options in the marketplace and already in the patient’s home that could help avoid injury.
07/21/2023
"If the home-based care industry is not successful at providing sufficient levels of high-quality care, our population is going to be pretty upset, and they’re going to miss out on something that they deserve in their life journey."
07/21/2023
Agencies can expect a payment decrease in 2024 for 30-day home health periods, but payments for individual visits are expected to go up slightly.
07/13/2023
The payment decrease includes a permanent 5.65% cut in national, standardized 30-day period payments in response to behavioral adjustments due to utilization under PDGM.
07/13/2023
Functional status is measured through Section GG of OASIS assessments, which evaluates a patient’s capacity to perform daily activities related to self-care (GG0130) and mobility (GG0170). The expected discharge score will incorporate risk-adjustment controls, including admission function score, age and patient clinical characteristics.
07/13/2023
Focusing on best practices and measurable outcomes will put hospices in the best position for enactment of the Special Focus Program.
07/13/2023
The information can be helpful in identifying vulnerable individuals and encouraging those individuals to keep their vaccination current. This also will be useful for the agency to track any COVID-19 cases and trends.
07/13/2023
Industry leaders are concerned about CMS’ plans for staff payment requirements and transparency provisions for Home and Community Based Services that were included in the Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services proposed rule.
07/13/2023
After increasing in 2021 and 2022, the national average for the 30-day period payment amount is expected to see its second consecutive decrease in 2024.

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