Home Health Line
02/13/2025
Agencies are relying on a variety of benefits to recruit and keep top clinicians.
02/06/2025
Industry leaders hope that changes in Washington will bolster their argument for payment relief for home health agencies that have seen a string of permanent cuts over the last few years. Other top issues included the Hospice Special Focus Program (SFP) and telehealth waivers for face-to-face encounters.
02/06/2025
For OASIS items that require a clinical assessment to determine height, weight, functional status and pressure ulcers, agencies should base their responses on assessments done by agency staff and not directly from a previous care setting’s documentation.
02/06/2025
Educate your management and staff on how to prevent and respond to Immediate Jeopardy violations and ensure that they know what surveyors are looking for and what to expect once a citation is issued.
02/06/2025
If you ask home health and other health care providers to describe their ideal leader, many will bring up qualities like compassion, communication skills and empathy. They’ll also describe someone who involves them in the decision-making and solution process.
02/06/2025
Your agency's Discharge Function Score is now publicly available on Care Compare, listed as "How often patients were at or above an expected ability to care for themselves and move around at discharge."
01/30/2025
Strong communication is key to ensuring solid scores for the Transfer of Health Information (TOH) measures.
01/30/2025
Here are the three OASIS questions that are the focus of the Transfer of Health Information (TOH) measures. 
01/30/2025
Get a jumpstart on updating your written policies and communicating with vendors about protecting electronic protected health information (ePHI) to keep your patient data secure and help your agency prepare for possible HIPAA updates and increased scrutiny around cybersecurity measures.
01/30/2025
The OCR is seeking public feedback on how new and emerging technologies could impact the protection of electronic protected health information (ePHI). The Request for Information (RFI) included in the proposal asks stakeholders to consider the benefits, drawbacks and unintentional consequences that artificial intelligence (AI), quantum computing and augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) use could have on health care cybersecurity.

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