Home Health Line
06/22/2023
Do not assume a causal relationship between anemia and chemotherapy, blood loss or other deficiencies based on the sub term “due to” without provider documentation directly linking them.
06/22/2023
Employee referral programs ranked as the second most common care professional recruitment source for 2022, according to the Home Care Pulse’s 2023 HCP Benchmarking Report.
06/14/2023
In order to get the most accurate picture of patients — and their functional ability — ensure your clinicians are not overusing the “not attempted” codes, as CMS has stated that it’s looking at the use of these codes.
06/14/2023
Expect to be held accountable for stricter discharge policies related to helping patients and caregivers transition to the next phase after leaving your agency.
06/14/2023
Data confirm that home health aide turnover continues to be the highest among all of the disciplines, though it has shown signs of improvement over the previous year.
06/14/2023
One of the main causes for delayed claims is that the referral reason lacks the supporting documentation necessary to determine the allowable primary reason for home health.
06/14/2023
Employers normally monitor employees extensively — timekeeping, project billing, performance evaluations, etc. — but the explosion of remote work during the pandemic created a lucrative market for more extensive monitoring processes.
06/14/2023
Home health aides had the highest turnover rate, according to the 2022-2023 Home Care Salary and Benefits report.
06/07/2023
Whether you decide to end your vaccine mandate, modify the existing requirements or keep the current policy, you’ll want to follow the written rules you have in place.
06/07/2023
In a surprise to many, only 20% of pilot-state HHVBP agencies received payment adjustments greater than approximately 3% in 2021, with the maximum adjustment in 2021 being approximately 7%. This means that most agencies were not reaching the maximum adjustment, according to the 6th annual HHVBP report.

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