Home Health Line
11/09/2023
Beginning in 2024, agencies will receive a low comorbidity adjustment for Respiratory 10 (2019 Novel Coronavirus). That was one of the many changes to the subgroups that lead to high and low comorbidity adjustments and functional impairment levels finalized in the final rule.
11/09/2023
CMS is moving forward with the hospice Special Focus Program, effective January 1. Unfortunately, it’s too late for hospices to make changes to avoid being selected for the program.
11/09/2023
Apply the information you’re collecting now around Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) and health equity to get ahead of future quality measures alluded to by CMS in the 2024 Home Health Prospective Payment System final rule.
11/09/2023
In justifying permanent payment cuts for home health providers, CMS notes in the 2024 final rule that the number of agencies operating under negative margins has not increased under PDGM.
11/02/2023
CMS reiterated it expects to claw back more than $3.4 billion in the next few years to account for what it sees as overpayments from 2020 through 2022.
11/02/2023
As agencies continue to struggle with staffing, payment cuts may force them to tighten their costs around recruitment making retention a top priority.
11/02/2023
When including telehealth during a home health period, focus on appropriate documentation in the Plan of Care (POC) to avoid what was a frequent compliance error in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.
11/02/2023
Be sure to include a timestamp with electronic face-to-face signatures. 
11/02/2023
Effectively tracking clinical groupings and using that information to invest in training can not only better patient outcomes but can help agencies to save money before payment cuts take effect.
11/02/2023
In a November meeting, the commission will review the hospice workplan over the coming 18 months, including hospice’s effect on net Medicare spending.

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