Home Health Line
07/13/2023
MS rehab saw a 1 percentage point climb in the distribution of 30-day periods among clinical groupings in 2022, according to CMS data shared in the 2024 proposed payment rule. Respiratory, which increased significantly since the start of the pandemic, had only a slight decrease in total periods.
06/28/2023
Bipartisan legislation introduced just days ahead of the 2023 Home Health Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule seeks to repeal payment cuts under PDGM and to reframe how MedPAC analyzes agency revenues.
06/28/2023
Don’t limit your hiring pool to traditional job applicants — there are valuable prospects among “passive” candidates who are not actively looking for opportunities.
06/28/2023
Come Oct. 1, coders will have several dozen new codes available for osteoporosis with pathological fractures that specify laterality and healing status.
06/28/2023
Agencies looking to improve operations and focus on growing referrals should look to their Net Promoter Score to identify areas of improvement.
06/28/2023
As many agencies struggle with high turnover rates, it’s important to reduce burnout in any way possible. Reducing, or even cutting on-call shifts could be a way to achieve less burnout.
06/28/2023
Compare your 2022 Net Promoter Scores with the national averages. The data include year-over-year average customer satisfaction scores for over 111,000 Home Care Pulse experience surveys with home care customers.
06/22/2023
Your employee referral program must be exciting to your employees if you want to bring in quality candidates. Your best employees likely know other high-quality candidates in their field.
06/22/2023
Agencies should create processes with assisted living facilities and other settings so that they understand when to call the agency first to avoid patient hospitalizations that could be prevented.
06/22/2023
In addition to poor communication, language barriers can lead to negative outcomes for both the patient and the agency, including the increased risk of hospitalizations and poor HHCAHPS scores.

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