Home Health Line
05/17/2023
OASIS-E has added as much as one to two more hours to the start-of-care assessments for 20% of 64 agency reps who responded to DecisionHealth’s OASIS-E Impact Survey.
05/11/2023
CMS has offered a handful of compliance updates and clarifications in advance of mandatory reporting for telehealth visits and remote patient monitoring beginning July 1, 2023.
05/11/2023
Incorporate function-based goals in patient care plans now to prove medical necessity and avoid medical review denials headaches.
05/11/2023
Use this scenario to show staff the different types of function-based goals that can be created for a specific patient.
05/11/2023
Firearms in patient homes can cause several issues for a home health agency. Agencies have an obligation under OSHA to maintain workplace safety in the patient's home.
05/11/2023
CMS is expected to soon end a requirement that staff be vaccinated against COVID-19, wiht the public health emergency (PHE) coming to an end May 11.
05/11/2023
The most recent update of Care Compare reveals patients are improving more during home health in areas such as ambulation and bathing. Data were collected from July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022.
05/04/2023
As the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) plots a future rule to address workplace violence in health care settings, home health care leaders are building their own guidance around workplace safety.
05/04/2023
Issues with the dash are emerging as one of the top challenges and areas that could slow coders and reviewers down with the new OASIS-E.
05/04/2023
Staffing shortages have led to heavier workloads, coders leaving the office to cover for nurses, increased overtime, burnout, lack of quality referrals, inability to accept new patients and less time for reviews, according to respondents to DecisionHealth’s 2023 Coders’ Productivity Survey.

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