Home Health & Hospice Articles by Topic: Administration and Management
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Homecare Direction, Issue 12, December 6, 2019
Home health and private duty home care agencies should employ an Instagram business account to...
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Homecare Direction, Issue 10, October 11, 2019
Search engine optimization (SEO) was the top consumer marketing source for private duty agencies in...
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Homecare Direction, Issue 10, October 11, 2019
Online searches for in-home care are growing, but if you’re not making smart decisions around...
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Homecare Direction, Issue 10, October 11, 2019
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has announced its new regulation outlining who is eligible to...
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Homecare Direction, Issue 9, September 4, 2019
With the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) launching on Jan. 1, 2020, agencies are recognizing...
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Homecare Direction, Issue 7, July 8, 2019
When preparing for the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM), one crucial step agencies should...
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Homecare Direction, Issue 7, July 8, 2019
It’s not too early to alert your agency’s marketing representatives that an entirely...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 6, June 28, 2019
No. I recommend you continue with utilizing non-clinicians in intake.
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Homecare Direction, Issue 6, June 6, 2019
Agencies seeking to pass CMS’ Review Choice Demonstration (RCD) with flying colors should...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 5, May 31, 2019
There were some things in the patient rights requirements that were new, that were different.
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 5, May 31, 2019
You have a specific question about the scope of physician orders and co-signatures.
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 5, May 31, 2019
I personally don’t like national averages.
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Homecare Direction, Issue 5, May 8, 2019
Set up a financial cushion for your agency so it can withstand financial rough patches that may...
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Homecare Direction, Issue 5, May 8, 2019
Many agencies don’t yet have a plan for how to withstand potential cash flow disruptions...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 4, April 18, 2019
I don’t like adding extra forms and paperwork for staff.
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 3, March 22, 2019
Therapy can provide Part B billing if patients are outpatient or even in their homes.
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Homecare Direction, Issue 3, March 6, 2019
The overall median turnover rate for office staff in private duty agencies in 2017 was 30...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 2, February 25, 2019
You say that your agency just learned that according to the revised CoPs, in rehabilitation...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 2, February 25, 2019
The quality measure “drug regimen review conducted with follow-up for identified...
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Homecare Direction, Issue 2, February 5, 2019
Case conferences will take on increased importance when the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM...
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Homecare Direction, Issue 2, February 5, 2019
Rural add-on payments have changed significantly for many agencies this year, with some providers...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 1, January 16, 2019
This scenario is not specifically addressed in the OASIS Q&As.
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 1, January 16, 2019
G1024 (Authentication) is one of the more common standard-level deficiencies in 2018.
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 1, January 16, 2019
You asked whether agencies have a responsibility to train staff to identify whether patients are...
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Homecare Direction, Issue 1, January 4, 2019
Merger-and-acquisition activity in the home health market remained hot in 2018, with some of the...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 17, December 17, 2018
Although the new payment model does not value community-based referrals as well, I believe that...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 16, November 20, 2018
PDGM is designed to be budget neutral, but the impact on payment depends on type of provider and...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 16, November 20, 2018
I’ve seen it go both ways.
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 15, October 19, 2018
Staff should use contact precautions with a contact precaution kit. In general, wear protective...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 15, October 19, 2018
During an emergency, CMS has the expectation that agency staff should be able to assist in their...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 14, September 21, 2018
The 2019 proposed PPS rule references this concern in several areas.
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 14, September 21, 2018
CMS estimates the median length of days for request for anticipated payment (RAP) submission is 12...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 14, September 21, 2018
CMS doesn't require Medicare Advantage plans to have a face-to-face document for home health.
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 14, September 21, 2018
In the scenario you describe, your agency admitted a patient when she was discharged home from the...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 14, September 21, 2018
In the scenario you discuss, your agency had a patient that was a full admission to the hospital.
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 14, September 21, 2018
The demonstration gives an opportunity for providers and suppliers otherwise subject to the...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 13, September 4, 2018
Does the patient require hours your agency is not providing, but should be?
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 13, September 4, 2018
You should have a policy in place that describes things like a bag barrier and how to clean your...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 13, September 4, 2018
This is a difficult question to answer, not knowing your agency processes. But there are several...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 13, September 4, 2018
In the scenario you discuss, your agency is in Indiana and are currently going through a federal...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 13, September 4, 2018
In the scenario you discuss, the signing physician is also the MD certifying the patient for home...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 12, July 25, 2018
PDGM is going to be such a rapid cycle flurry of action.
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 12, July 25, 2018
We see inappropriate recertifications all over the place.
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 12, July 25, 2018
Once the wound is fully granulated and the wound surface is covered with epithelial tissue, the...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 12, July 25, 2018
First determine if the POA is medical and if the patient is incapacitated.
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 12, July 25, 2018
It is up to clinicians to determine, in their clinical judgement, if the omission is a clinically...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 12, July 25, 2018
APRAs cannot write orders for a plan of care or subsequent verbal orders.
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 12, July 25, 2018
There are several strategies to consider.
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 11, July 15, 2018
This question cannot be answered, as each eligibility is established with each particular patient.
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 11, July 15, 2018
There is no CMS regulation to have the EMR/tablet/daily visit record signed.
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 11, July 15, 2018
Per §1814(a)(2)(C) and §1835(a)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act, the patient must be in...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 10, June 11, 2018
It is important for the pages of the plan of care to be clearly numbered if there is more than one...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 10, June 11, 2018
The Joint Commission (TJC) includes a requirement under the Provision of Care, Treatment and...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 10, June 11, 2018
PNs - along with occupational and physical therapy assistants - aren't qualified to establish the...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 10, June 11, 2018
Agencies need to begin now to ensure that they are getting valid face-to-face documentation with...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 8, April 17, 2018
We?re going to see something along the lines of the Home Health Groupings Model.
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 8, April 17, 2018
It remains to be seen what the new payment model will look like.
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 8, April 17, 2018
No conversation on the phone can be billable, as is the same for HIS quality measures.
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 8, April 17, 2018
The supervisory visits need to be no less frequently than every 14 days from the date of the first...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 7, April 3, 2018
An extremely common area where administrators, espe-cially those who are new to the position, can...
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Homecare Direction, Issue 3, March 29, 2018
CMS’ newly posted surveyor training reiterates the need for home health agencies to ensure...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 13, March 26, 2018
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) is once again recommending a 5% Medicare payment...
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Homecare Direction, Issue 3, March 26, 2018
The lack of an appointed head of the Occupational Safe-ty and Health Administration (OSHA) has...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 12, March 19, 2018
During the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s (MedPAC) public meeting on Thursday, March...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 6, March 17, 2018
As with any position in the company, it is important to set clear expectations for the position...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 6, February 5, 2018
CMS has once again extended its moratoria on new home health agencies and new branches of existing...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 2, January 17, 2018
Note PEPPER’s six target areas:
Average case mix. This target area calculates average case...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 2, January 17, 2018
There are approximately 363 new codes, 142 deletions, and more than 250 code revisions in the 2018...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 3, January 15, 2018
The IRS has announced that standard mileage rates for the use of a car in 2018 rose to 54.5 cents...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 1, January 3, 2018
This is an area that can lead to trouble for an agency and its administrator. De-veloping new...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 49, December 22, 2017
The Department of Labor (DOL) recently decided to appeal a ruling that effectively ended changes to...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 49, December 22, 2017
Ending the year with a jaw-dropping acquisition in the home care industry, health insurer Humana...
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Homecare Direction, Issue 12, December 18, 2017
Many items will be eliminated from the OASIS and several others will be added to the assessment...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 24, December 17, 2017
With the myriad of responsibilities a home health administrator must discharge each day, auditing...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 47, December 11, 2017
A December 2017 OIG report details how personal care services (PCS) have risen in Medicaid fraud...
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Homecare Direction, Issue 12, December 11, 2017
CMS’ long-awaited draft version of the interpretive guidelines for the revised Home Health...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 46, December 4, 2017
CMS has finalized its plan to cancel four mandatory episode payment models for common cardiac and...
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Homecare Direction, Issue 12, December 4, 2017
Actions that home health agencies and advocacy or-ganizations took to combat CMS’ proposed...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 23, December 1, 2017
Regardless of whether you determine to challenge a survey, the Plan of Correction must be...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 23, December 1, 2017
Job descriptions that do not reflect the reality of what staff members actually do or are expected...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 45, November 27, 2017
CMS has issued new guidance that explains how agencies can go about converting subunits to...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 22, November 17, 2017
Choosing the right format will depend on what information is lacking. Queries are not “one...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 43, November 13, 2017
After CMS review, The Joint Commission has finally prepublished revisions to the Emergency...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 21, November 2, 2017
MACs use the Fiscal Intermediary Standard System (FISS) to process Medicare Part A claims...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 21, November 2, 2017
The most successful performance improvement projects (PIP) have several attributes in common:
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 21, November 2, 2017
Many agencies have had great success with Ambulation/Locomotion (M1860), but others have...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 21, November 2, 2017
There are many steps agencies can take to improve their HHCAHPS scores.
Among them are the...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 21, November 2, 2017
A nurse should be skilled in cutting toenails, but because of the increased risk of liability if...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 42, November 2, 2017
November marks Home Care and Hospice month, according to CMS. Now is the time to ensure your...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 42, November 2, 2017
Agencies can breathe a deep sigh of relief. CMS won’t launch its drastically revised home...
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Homecare Direction, Issue 11, November 1, 2017
The big buzz at the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) an-nual conference in...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 40, October 23, 2017
The odds of the home health industry avoiding the Home Health Groupings Model in 2019 have...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 20, October 17, 2017
Agencies must identify not only the appropriate compensation for staff but also the...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 20, October 17, 2017
Have clinicians follow up the next day when patients have a change in pain medications or...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 20, October 17, 2017
Consider adopting clinical pathways to increase nursing visit efficiency, decrease...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 20, October 17, 2017
There is no language specifically stating an NP or PA cannot give orders. Rather, the rules...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 20, October 17, 2017
On Monday, a nurse assesses the patient’s condition, assesses the wound, and applies a new...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 39, October 16, 2017
Community Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP) is now an approved accreditation organization to...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 38, October 9, 2017
As part of ongoing efforts to raise awareness about the upcoming change to Medicare numbers and...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 19, October 3, 2017
Yes, the personnel qualification requirements for HHA administrators at §484.115(a) will...
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Homecare Direction, Issue 10, October 2, 2017
The way Texas and Florida agencies reacted to the recent catastrophic hurricanes should serve as a...
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Homecare Direction, Issue 9, September 29, 2017
1. Which of the following is not a main risk factor for developing kidney disease, as discussed in...
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Homecare Direction, Issue 9, September 29, 2017
The kidney is a bean-shaped organ that is about the size of a fist. Everyone has two kidneys...
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Homecare Direction, Issue 9, September 29, 2017
Updating the referral date for all patients who experi-ence a delay in discharge from inpatient...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 36, September 25, 2017
In advance of a disaster such as a hurricane, also consider whether each patient has necessary...
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Homecare Direction, Issue 9, September 25, 2017
The rehospitalization rate for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery patients receiving...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 18, September 19, 2017
Some example of areas that an agency’s personnel policies should address are:
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Homecare E-News, Issue 35, September 18, 2017
The agency’s policies and procedures will include a discipline and discharge policy. It is...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 35, September 18, 2017
A Texas-based home health agency is teaming up with the Red Cross to help senior citizens forced...
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Homecare Direction, Issue 9, September 18, 2017
Conditions linked in the Alphabetic Index by the word “in” should be considered...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 18, September 17, 2017
Excellent question, given the active season we’ve been having. You must comply with...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 34, September 11, 2017
Last week, the Trump administration announced a move to end the Deferred Action for Childhood...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 34, September 11, 2017
The President declared a state of emergency for the United States Virgin Islands, Commonwealth of...
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Homecare Direction, Issue 8, August 25, 2017
Two months after CMS said there was no plan for another round of the probe-and-educate review for...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 32, August 21, 2017
A proposed rule (CMS-5524-P) released by CMS on August 15, 2017 would make the Comprehensive Care...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 32, August 21, 2017
Hospice Compare’s launch Aug. 16 confirms that, for the most part, hospices already perform...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 16, August 17, 2017
Why are physician queries so critical to accurate documentation and coding? The answer can be...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 16, August 17, 2017
If the HHGM as currently conceived is to be avoided, the industry must provide a large volume of...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 16, August 17, 2017
This change is significant but not terribly surprising.
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 16, August 17, 2017
Based upon a data analysis, CMS concluded that on average the first 30 days of an episode were...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 16, August 17, 2017
CMS states in its comments that claims for “questionable encounters” will be returned...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 16, August 17, 2017
No. In the 2018 proposed PPS rule, CMS notes that 19% of episodes it reviewed in preparing for...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 16, August 17, 2017
Homecare Q&A, August 17, 2017
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Homecare Direction, Issue 8, August 14, 2017
Create a checklist to verify that your agency has explained to patients and/or their legal...
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Homecare Direction, Issue 8, August 7, 2017
Home health stakeholders are readying themselves for drastic changes to the way CMS plans to pay...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 5, August 3, 2017
Become more proactive. You no longer can wait for face-to-face documentation to arrive within...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 15, August 3, 2017
In the new proposed home health PPS rule, CMS states agencies providing a larger percentage of...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 29, July 31, 2017
According to the Federal Registrar, enrollment of new Medicare home health agencies, subunits, and...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 29, July 31, 2017
The introduction of the Home Health Groupings Model (HHGM) into the proposed rule means preparing...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 29, July 31, 2017
While the HHGM is the most significant long-term change for agencies’ payments, in the short...
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Homecare Direction, Issue 7, July 21, 2017
Review emergency preparedness policies and procedures at least annually, and make sure they...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 14, July 17, 2017
It’s true that you will struggle. A study of hospitalizations using a national all-payer...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 14, July 17, 2017
The clock has been reset, and agencies that haven’t taken steps to prepare for the revised...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 27, July 17, 2017
The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 requires CMS to remove social security...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 27, July 17, 2017
Less than one week before the July 1 compliance date, OSHA officials delayed a new electronic...
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Beacon Institute On-Demand Webcast Library, Issue 2, February 28, 2017
Turn the Trump transition into success for your agency
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Homecare E-News, Issue 45, November 28, 2016
Last week, a federal judge with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 44, November 21, 2016
The National Association of Home Care & Hospice is following how the presidential election...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 44, November 21, 2016
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 40, October 24, 2016
The final report from the Alliance for Home Health Quality and Innovation (AHHQI)’s Future...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 30, August 6, 2016
In this week's roundup:
Pre-claim review pilot goes live in Illinois—2 days late. The...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 28, July 25, 2016
In this week's roundup:
New HHA PEPPER is now available. A new release of the Program...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 14, July 17, 2016
Teaching and training plays a significant role in homecare and is addressed in the Medicare Benefit...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 14, July 17, 2016
According to the National Association for Homecare & Hospice (NAHC):
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Homecare E-News, Issue 26, July 11, 2016
In this week's roundup:
False claims penalties to double. Penalties for fraud by healthcare...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 25, June 27, 2016
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear Home Care Association of America v. Weil, which means...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 25, June 27, 2016
In this week's roundup:
CMS revises ICD-10 codes. CMS officially finalized the first major...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 24, June 20, 2016
In this week's roundup:
Study: Home health cuts costs of CJR. The use of home health...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 22, June 6, 2016
The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) has raised concerns regarding...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 22, June 6, 2016
In this week's roundup:
House members slam home health prior authorization proposal. A...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 11, June 3, 2016
First and foremost, a policy and a procedure are two entirely different animals. A policy is...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 21, May 23, 2016
In this week's roundup:
Overtime laws could change the game for home health: The Department...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 10, May 17, 2016
Factors that can impact the number of home health aide referrals as well as the number of visits...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 8, April 19, 2016
As a Medicare-certified homecare agency, I historically hired aides that have completed the CNA/HHA...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 13, March 28, 2016
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has launched...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 12, March 21, 2016
The CMS Office of Minority Health last week unveiled a snapshot of chronic disease-related service...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 11, March 14, 2016
An article titled “A Case Exemplar for National Policy Leadership: Expanding Program of...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 7, February 15, 2016
CMS intends to start a Medicare Probable Fraud Measurement Pilot for home healthcare services...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 1, January 3, 2016
You are correct, M1034 is risk adjusted. Please be sure clinicians are answering response “3...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 51, December 28, 2015
Homecare workers achieved a victory when the Department of Labor ruled they are entitled to...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 51, December 28, 2015
CMS data shows cost disparities in home health services
Not unlike hospital procedures and tests...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 50, December 21, 2015
The Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a new public data set, the Home...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 50, December 21, 2015
The tentative date for the next Home Health, Hospice & Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Open...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 24, December 17, 2015
In simplest terms, a best practice is a process or procedure that consistently produces superior...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 24, December 17, 2015
The first step in answering these questions is to know the requirements for data collection and...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 49, December 14, 2015
Although the final rule contained several notable changes to the proposed VBP pilot set to launch...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 49, December 14, 2015
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will host an open door forum on Thursday...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 48, December 7, 2015
The National Quality Forum (NQF) announced its plan to review standardized performance measure...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 23, December 4, 2015
Yes. Maintaining, cleaning, and caring for the assistive device can be done by the home health...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 23, December 4, 2015
Documentation will be important to support supply utilization and payment.
Claims must include...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 23, December 4, 2015
Best practice should identify clinical actions—assessment, teaching, procedures...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 46, November 23, 2015
President Obama recently signed into law the Innovation Act, which allows more people and...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 46, November 23, 2015
Vets waiting, even dying, for home health care; telemedicine gains momentum
After the Inspector...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 22, November 17, 2015
How can we prepare for staff interviews during a survey?
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 22, November 17, 2015
How do home visits work when you are having a survey?
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Homecare E-News, Issue 44, November 9, 2015
Before you can work toward achieving accountability, you need to ensure that you understand what...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 44, November 9, 2015
On Monday, November 2, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 43, November 2, 2015
The written care plan is not simply busywork. It is essential in the organization, delivery...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 43, November 2, 2015
After receiving 118 comments from the public during the official comment period, the Centers for...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 42, October 26, 2015
The Alliance for Home Health Quality and Innovation (AHHQI), a national non-profit consortium...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 20, October 16, 2015
What kind of events count as "potentially avoidable"? What will and should be in the...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 20, October 16, 2015
I have a question regarding the face-to-face requirements for homecare...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 19, October 2, 2015
Can you please explain what specifically needs to be under the supervisions of licensed...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 19, October 2, 2015
We have received a request from a physician office to have one of our employees be on-site to...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 15, August 3, 2015
Calling the patient is a way to check on what’s happening, but it does not substitute for the...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 15, August 3, 2015
No, supervising home health aides is a cost of doing business. Whenever possible, the nurse or...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 15, August 3, 2015
It is a federal requirement to supervise home health aides. There is no requirement to write an...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 15, August 3, 2015
The aide care plan or assignment must provide enough direction so the aide knows exactly what to do...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 15, August 3, 2015
The aide must perform tasks, such as bathing, transferring, and oral hygiene, on a patient or a...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 15, August 3, 2015
There is no requirement to do a competency evaluation of home health aides after they have passed...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 15, August 3, 2015
Yes, Medicare will cover two visits if two individuals are needed to perform a covered service...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 15, August 3, 2015
What this agency heard is in error and could lead to denials. Just as with any Medicare-covered...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 15, August 3, 2015
Telemonitoring or telehealth is one technology that can help a patient in the home. It cannot...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 14, July 16, 2015
This locator applies only if verbal orders are
involved in the start of care process. It...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 14, July 16, 2015
According to the final rule for 2015, physicians
must state the length of skilled services
for...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 14, July 16, 2015
All ostomy supplies are covered under the
NRS. For a current NRS master supply list,
see the...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 13, July 2, 2015
AA best practice should identify clinical actions—assessment, teaching, procedures...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 13, July 2, 2015
July 3, 2015
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Homecare Insider, Issue 23, June 15, 2015
Instead of extending the Medicare sequestration into 2024, how do recent legislative proceedings...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 12, June 15, 2015
What is the proper way to enter in orders for disciplines and treatments on the 485?
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 11, June 3, 2015
Can we use standing orders for many of our specialty programs, like wound care?
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 11, June 3, 2015
Can a nurse practitioner who runs her own practice make a referral to a home health agency?
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 11, June 3, 2015
A clinician arrives at the home, where skilled services are provided. Based on the...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 10, May 17, 2015
How are we supposed to use observation and assessment for patients on telemonitoring?
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 10, May 17, 2015
What are the new therapy reassessment requirements that CMS solidified in its 2015 PPS final rule...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 9, May 3, 2015
My agency has been reviewing the proposed Conditions of Participation (CoP). We are looking at the...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 8, April 17, 2015
When a patient joins an MA plan, he or she takes on a subscriber number, but the patient’s...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 7, April 3, 2015
Unfortunately, when a fall occurs in the presence of agency staff, people assume that it...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 6, March 17, 2015
Effective teams need leadership. By using the term “case manager,” the home health...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 5, March 3, 2015
We spend a tremendous amount of time in meetings. Many of them are boring, nonproductive, and...
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Homecare Insider, Issue 1, January 5, 2015
Will home health remain exempt from overtime compensation in most circumstances like it has for 40...