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. [...]
Home Health Articles and Information
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. [...]
THE COMORBIDITY 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. [...]
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. [...]
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 unpaid claims if you are in an RCD state. [...]
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 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. [...]
MARKETING / COMMUNITY LIAISONS TAKE A VITAL ROLE IN PDGM
Marketers must ensure home health referrals contain a face to face with correct ICD-10 coding, medical necessity and home bound status, and H&P, in PDGM. [...]
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. [...]