Home Health Line
09/22/2022
Make changes to your policies and procedures now to prepare for the end of waivers that were granted under the COVID-19 public health emergency.
09/22/2022
Recent Medicare audits have uncovered an area where reviewers are cracking down, related to documentation when a patient’s medical focus of care changes prior to recertification.
09/22/2022
These scenarios show how to word the provider certification and attestation statement on recertifications when you have to indicate that a second encounter has been completed due to a diagnosis that is new or changed from stable to unstable since the initial face-to-face encounter.
09/22/2022
Increased wages and flexible schedules are two of the top efforts made in the struggle for recruitment and retention in 2022.
09/22/2022
Retaining quality staff was the top recruitment and retention challenge for agencies, according to our latest strategy survey results.
09/15/2022
Monkeypox presents new challenges in keeping patients and staff safe. One of the biggest hurdles for some agencies right now may be in monitoring updated guidance around infection control concerns for the monkeypox public health emergency.
09/15/2022
CMS plans to collect telehealth data on claims beginning in 2023. Agencies should have this change on their radar and take steps to prepare.
09/15/2022
An issue frequently cited in surveys and reviews involves compliance around governing bodies.
09/15/2022
The list below shows the top five issues most often reported as noncompliant by the Joint Commission Home Care Accreditation Program during surveys and reviews from Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2021.
09/15/2022
A plan from the National Labor Relations Board to make more employers susceptible to joint employer status is expected to make a major change to the landscape for employers that use staffing companies or operate under the franchise business model.

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