Home Health Line
07/22/2022
Thirty percent of claims denied by CGS under medical review in the first three months of 2022 were tied to skilled nursing services not being medically necessary.
07/15/2022
CMS announced that it will release in July a sample interim report and sample annual performance report to help agencies get familiar with how they will be scored in the expanded Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) model.
07/15/2022
Get your nurses and therapists working together to match up functional assessments before submission — especially for patients with cognitive issues — to avoid documentation red flags and payment impacts. 
07/15/2022
The average salary of a home health coder in 2021 increased 2% to $67,134, making this the largest increase since the average salary rose 4% in 2019 leading up to the implementation of PDGM.
07/15/2022
Update your processes to ensure that eligibility on any referral is checked with the common working file (CWF) before a patient is accepted.
07/15/2022
A report released by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Attorney General (OIG) found that roughly 1 million Medicare beneficiaries were diagnosed with opioid use disorder in 2020, and less than 16% of those individuals received medication to treat it.
07/15/2022
The best way to handle family member requests for medical information when the family member is not next of kin or a guardian.
07/15/2022
Coders whose sole responsibility is to assign codes made an average of $54,263. However, when you add in some level of OASIS review duties, salaries increase.
06/30/2022
If you’re concerned about the 4.2% proposed decrease in home health payments, you’ll want to share how these cuts will impact your agency in comments by August 16. That’s when the comment period ends for the proposed 2023 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update.
06/30/2022
With gas prices and cost of living soaring, mobile workers for private duty and home health agencies are struggling to find ways to economize and still make home visits. Even with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announcing a July 1 increase in the optional standard mileage rate from 58.5 cents to 62.5 cents, experts see rising costs as another hit to an already depleted workforce. 

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