Home Health Line
05/25/2023
New legislation expected to be introduced soon will seek to prevent steep payment cuts that could be in the 2024 home health payment rule.
05/25/2023
Educate staff on how to properly assess and respond to J0510 (Pain interfering with sleep) to ensure clinicians are not confusing the response options or timelines with those of the previous OASIS-D’s M1242 (Frequency of pain interfering with patient’s activity or movement).
05/25/2023
PHE waivers pertaining to training and supervising aides in the home have now expired placing extra strain on agencies already challenged by the workforce shortage.
05/25/2023
Agencies could be limited to just 20% of Medicaid payments to use for administrative overhead or profit should a new CMS proposed rule be adopted.
05/25/2023
What steps should an organization take to ensure that their BAs are complying with the HIPAA Security Rule?
05/25/2023
The percentage of time that clinicians mark “0 — Does not apply — I have not had any pain or hurting in the past 5 days,” for new OASIS-E item J0510 (Pain effect on sleep) varies greatly depending on the region that agencies operate.
05/25/2023
The percentage of time that clinicians mark “0 — Does not apply — I have not had any pain or hurting in the past 5 days,” for new OASIS-E item J0510 (Pain effect on sleep) varies greatly depending on the region that agencies operate.
05/17/2023
The waiver allowing clinicians to complete the OASIS in 30 days expired with the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) on May 11, meaning clinicians now have just five days to complete the OASIS-E assessment.
05/17/2023
Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) not only give agencies better insight into environmental factors that affect patients, but they also provide a better idea of how to best treat patients with optimal care that leads to better outcomes.
05/17/2023
Advance care planning is a necessary part of hospice care. It is also a valuable resource that hospices can provide to their community that can attract future referrals.

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