Home Health Line
04/13/2023
Turn your attention back to those pandemic trouble spots of hand hygiene and PPE disposal as the CDC issues new home health guidance to prevent the spread of Candida auris (C. auris).
04/13/2023
How should BIMS be answered on the OASIS-E when the patient was discharged as non-billable without being asked the required questions?
04/13/2023
A performance improvement plan is a clear document that lays out how employees need to increase their job performance to stay at the company. It should be viewed as an opportunity.
04/13/2023
Those taking an hour to an hour and a half to complete one chart jumped from 7% in last year’s survey to 20% now.
04/13/2023
OASIS-E has added up to 30 minutes to code a chart for 73% of the 142 respondents to DecisionHealth’s Home Health Coders’ Productivity Survey.
04/05/2023
Hospices should see a payment rate increase in October, according to the FY 2024 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update proposed rule, released late March 31.
04/05/2023
Clinicians should instruct patients to read their medication labels and teaching sheets out loud to assess for vision but also to assess how well patients read and comprehend health information.
04/05/2023
A major part of surveys will require that an agency is able to demonstrate governing body oversight of all QAPI activities.
04/05/2023
CMS answers some agency questions about behavioral adjustments under PDGM and how it relates to staffing and other industry challenges.
04/05/2023
Provider documentation of “chronic kidney disease (CKD) G4A3” is “synonymous with stage 4 chronic kidney disease (CKD)” and would be sufficient enough to assign a code for the condition.

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