Is When Your Agency Codes Important?
In pre-coding, the ICD-10 coding is completed when the referral is received BEFORE the clinician does the intake visit. [...]
Home Health Articles and Information
RCD DELAYED FOR SOME, NOT FOR OTHERS
Agencies choosing to delay RCD and PCR may find themselves in postpayment review along with PCR in the future. [...]
HELP WITH GETTING THE GG ITEMS RIGHT
OASIS GG items do not correlate exactly with the traditional functional assessment in the M1800s. Learn the difference and why it matters. [...]
RCD RETURNS
CMS announced last week that RCD is coming back “regardless of the state of the public health emergency”. [...]
CARE PLANNING AND TELE-VISITS
CMS requirements for Tele-visits in home health and how to include Tele-visits in care plan [...]
FOUR THINGS TO DOCUMENT FOR AUDIT PROOF MAINTENANCE CARE
The four things that must to charted on every maintenance care patient. [...]
IS YOUR PATIENT APPROPRIATE FOR MAINTENANCE CARE?
Home health care providers are familiar with Jimmo v. Sebelius (2013) However, many providers are writing restorative care plans for maintenance patients [...]
FINALLY A LITTLE GOOD NEWS
CMS's change allowing non-physician practitioners to sign for certification of home health services is permanent and retroactive to March 1, 2020. [...]
PDGM NEVER WENT AWAY: CMS'S OVERHAUL OF HOME HEALTH IS STILL HAPPENING
Now that the country is on the verge of “opening up” we need to refocus on the massive changes PDGM is bringing to home health. [...]
TELEMEDICINE IN HOME HEALTH IS A GOOD IDEA
Telemedicine is not billable for home health providers. Here is why your agency should do it anyway. [...]