FOUR THINGS TO DOCUMENT FOR AUDIT PROOF MAINTENANCE CARE
The four things that must to charted on every maintenance care patient. [...]
Home Health Articles and Information
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 CO-MORBIDITY QUESTION
Co-morbidity's in home health are used to determine payment in PDGM. Just because a co-morbidity exists does not mean it should be a HHAs care plan. [...]
PDGM AND CARE PLANNING
The who, what, when, and why of care planning in value-based home health care. Diagnosis and evidence-based care plans increase STARS scores and outcomes. [...]
WHY HHAs MUST SHORTEN DAYS TO RAP / POC SUBMISSION TO SURVIVE PDGM
The average days to RAP is 12 in home health. This is half of the first period of care, causes billing to be behind, and could lead to penalties in 2021. [...]
OASIS STRATEGIES FOR ACCURATE FUNCTIONAL SCORES
OASIS accuracy is more important than ever in PDGM. These four things that will ensure accurate OASIS and consistent margins in PDGM. [...]
FREE RANGE NURSING IN PDGM
HHAs provide basic OASIS training before clinicians become “Free Range Nurses” and they hope for the best. Clinical structure is required for PDGM success. [...]
5 CHANGES YOUR AGENCY MUST MAKE NOW FOR SUCCESS IN PDGM
5 changes for success in PDGM, RCD and the coming 5 day RAP penalty; including collaboration, OASIS accuracy, using data, care planning and census. [...]
CHARTING FOR HOME HEALTH SUCCESS
If you are responding to a bottomless pile of ADR, TPE or Z-pic/ U-pic audit requests you need to understand CMS expects data-rich longitudinal charting. [...]
VOLUME TO VALUE CHANGE FOR HOME HEALTH- NOT NEW AND NOT SURPRISING
HHVBP and PDGM mimic the restructuring hospitals went through in the acute care reforms when “fill the beds” turned into “empty the beds” almost overnight. [...]