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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. [...]

September 08, 2020 By Kristi Bajer, BSN, RN, COS-C PDGM, RCD, Compliance, Home Health, Quality assurance, OASIS, ICD-10 Coding Read More Full Blog

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. [...]

August 04, 2020 By OperaCare Compliance, Home Health, Telehealth, Home Health Care, Final Rule, 5-Day RAP Penalty Read More Full Blog

FOUR THINGS TO DOCUMENT FOR AUDIT PROOF MAINTENANCE CARE

The four things that must to charted on every maintenance care patient. [...]

May 26, 2020 By Kristi Bajer, BSN, RN, COS-C PDGM, Outcomes, Compliance, Home Health, Quality assurance, Home Health Care, Maintenance Care Read More Full Blog

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 [...]

May 18, 2020 By Kristi Bajer, BSN, RN, COS-C PDGM, Outcomes, Compliance, Home Health, Home Health Care Read More Full Blog

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 [...]

March 20, 2020 By Michael McGowan PDGM, Compliance, Home Health, OASIS Read More Full Blog

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. [...]

December 02, 2019 By Kristi Bajer, BSN, RN, COS-C PDGM, Compliance, Therapy, Home Health, OASIS Read More Full Blog

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. [...]

November 13, 2019 By Kristi Bajer, BSN, RN, COS-C PDGM, Compliance, Home Health, Quality assurance, Scribing, OASIS Read More Full Blog

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 [...]

January 24, 2019 By Kristi Bajer, BSN, RN, COS-C PDGM, Compliance, Home Health, Quality assurance, Scribing, OASIS Read More Full Blog
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