Home Health Line
02/15/2023
In times of staffing shortages, you can find efficiencies by carefully prescreening patients to be sure they meet eligibility requirements and are open to care to avoid future LUPAs from missed visits.
02/15/2023
COVID-19 has dropped to number five on the top 10 diagnosis codes assigned primary in 2022, making way for some common home health diagnoses pre-COVID to move back up on the list. The number one code has remained Z47.1 (Aftercare following joint replacement surgery) for the past couple years.
02/15/2023
Checking off a requirement mandated through the omnibus spending bill in December, CMS will be hosting a forum to dive deep into the methodology around PDGM and behavioral adjustments.
02/15/2023
The code for COVID-19 moved down on the list of top diagnoses, according to data pulled from Strategic Healthcare Programs’ National Client Database.
02/09/2023
All agency staff will need a refresher on the regulations that will be returning with the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), now expected May 11.
02/09/2023
Agencies struggling with medication reconciliation should consider setting up a medication reconciliation peer observation study as an effective way to align the Conditions of Participation with clinical practice.
02/09/2023
The national average for the measure, “How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season” showed a significant decline from a national average of 78.7% in January 2022 to 74.4% in January 2023.
02/09/2023
Hospices may soon be required to immediately report all abuse and neglect allegations of patients in hospice care to a state survey agency.
02/09/2023
Most current OCR audits are a result of complaints about your entity or are a result of a breach.
02/09/2023
The most recent update of Care Compare reveals a decline in the percentage of times the home health team determined if patient received a flu shot that season.

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