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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. [...]

April 27, 2020 By Kristi Bajer, BSN, RN, COS-C PDGM, Value-based care, Outcomes, Home Health, COVID-19, Telehealth Read More Full Blog

COVID-19 INFECTION CONTROL AND CLEAN BAG TECHNIQUE

Home health clinicians know infection control is always important. But with COVID-19 in our communities, infection control is more crucial than ever.  [...]

April 20, 2020 By Kristi Bajer, BSN, RN, COS-C Home Health, COVID-19 Read More Full Blog

COVID-19 EDUCATION FOR PATIENTS

Providing education for patients now can help relieve anxiety and make sure they know what to do if faced with symptoms or a COVID-19 diagnosis. [...]

April 10, 2020 By Kristi Bajer, BSN, RN, COS-C Home Health, COVID-19 Read More Full Blog

COVID-19 CALM BEFORE THE STORM

If your HHA is facing a dramatic loss of referrals, what you do now to make sure you are prepared to be pivotal in your community is crucial. [...]

April 07, 2020 By Kristi Bajer, BSN, RN, COS-C Home Health, COVID-19 Read More Full Blog

COVID-19 CHANGES THE RULES FOR HOME HEALTH PROVIDERS

To help home health agencies stay informed with the latest CMS updates, waivers, and changes regarding in the COVID-19 pandemic, we have compiled a list [...]

April 01, 2020 By Kristi Bajer, BSN, RN, COS-C Home Health, COVID-19 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

EXPANSION OF TELEHEALTH WITH 1135 WAIVER

The expansion of telehealth under the 1135 waiver allows physician's to bill for remote visits. This includes the home health face to face visit. [...]

March 18, 2020 By Michael McGowan Home Health, COVID-19, Telehealth Read More Full Blog

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. [...]

February 01, 2020 By Kristi Bajer, BSN, RN, COS-C PDGM, RCD, Home Health, Quality assurance, OASIS Read More Full Blog

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. [...]

January 27, 2020 By Kristi Bajer, BSN, RN, COS-C PDGM, Therapy, Home Health Read More Full Blog

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. [...]

January 21, 2020 By Michael McGowan PDGM, Therapy, Home Health Read More Full Blog
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