CARE PLANNING AND TELE-VISITS
CMS requirements for Tele-visits in home health and how to include Tele-visits in care plan [...]
Home Health Articles and Information
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. [...]
CMS ANNOUNCES OASIS E
CMS just released the draft version of OASIS E. According to CMS, the No pay RAP, OASIS E, and Proposed 5-day Rap Penalty will be implemented on January [...]
RCD AND PDGM COMMONALITIES
PDGM and RCD both require increased compliance and efficiency to thrive. If you are thriving in PDGM you will thrive in RCD. [...]
THE HIGH COST OF LOW FUNCTIONAL SCORES
The cost of an inaccurate functional assessment is high under PDGM. Understanding how to score the OASIS functional portion is imperative for your HHA. [...]
RECOVERING YOUR THERAPY MARGINS
Recovering “therapy margins” requires increases in productivity, not efficiency. Efficiency is doing the same with less. Productivity is doing more with the same. [...]