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
IT'S TIME TO SEND CMS YOUR COMMENTS ON THE 2021 PROPOSED RULE
If you have been a little busy with pandemics and new payment models to see the 2021 proposed rule today's guest blogger reviews what matters most. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
PDGM AND THERAPY UTILIZATION
Today's blog has tips to help your HHAs therapy utilization is managed to meet your patient’s needs based on patient data as well as your HHAs margins. [...]
FREE RANGE NURSING IN PDGM AND RCD
HHAs provide basic OASIS training before clinicians become “Free Range Nurses” and they hope for the best. Clinical structure is required for PDGM success. [...]
PDGM & HOME HEALTH NURSE RETENTION
The care team approach provides nurse retention by decreasing charting for clinicians while allowing OASIS to a RAP ready state the same day it is started [...]