Benchmarks
07/25/2024
Agencies are giving clinicians more time to complete the OASIS when weighting visits, but clinicians and other staff are still struggling to meet productivity goals.
07/17/2024
As part of CMS’ proposal to update the CoPs to require an acceptance to service policy, the 2025 home health payment proposed rule included cost estimates.
07/11/2024
The actual payment shift due to the 2025 rate change will be different depending on the wage index in a given region.
07/11/2024
The number of home health 30-day periods of care in 2023 dropped to its lowest level in at least five years, according to new data from CMS in the 2025 home health proposed rule.
06/27/2024
Agencies are seeing improved clinician productivity through the use of new technology tools.
06/20/2024
Different states see far different results in responses for the HHCAHPS. Here are the top states for patient response rates from October 2022 to September 2023.
06/13/2024
CMS’ annual market basket update, meant to address inflationary pressures, has consistently failed to keep up with rising costs.
06/06/2024
by: DecisionHealth Staff
On average, patients in the wounds clinical group received more visits than nearly all other PDGM clinical groups.
05/30/2024
HHS has focused on fraud in home health for years. A report on Medicaid fraud in 2023 continued to show home health and personal care attendants are hot targets for fraud investigations.
05/23/2024
by: DecisionHealth Staff
Agencies are struggling with documentation requirements around the plan of care and certification according to pre-payment Targeted Probe and Educate (TPE) denials from October to December 2023. The results were based on 546 denials in three states: Louisiana, Oklahoma and South Carolina.

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