Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Note:
Go Back To Handwashing Basics
Published on Fri Feb 28, 2020
With the CDC banging the drum about the coronavirus threat, now may be a good time to use updated infection control education tools provided by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. You can access three revised Infection Prevention and Control web-based training courses, covering Hand Hygiene, Environmental Safety, and Injection Safety. Access the courses at https://learner.mlnlms.com/Default.aspx.
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Home Health & Hospice Week
- Patient-Driven Groupings Model:
OASIS Matching Problems Dog PDGM Claims
Refer matching errors with 2020 ‘From’ dates to your MACs. As more and more final [...] - Assessment:
Hospices Get Ready To Put HOPE To The Test
Plus: New Hospice Compare data is up. Hospices planning to field test the new Medicare [...] - Hospice:
As You Submit Cap Reports, Keep Wary Eye On The Future
Don’t forget you can have a reopening based on your reopening. On the eve of [...] - Emergency Preparedness:
Focus On These Common EP Trouble Spots
Don’t neglect the after-action review. The recent lightening of providers’ emergency preparedness load still leaves [...] - Reimbursement:
Know How To Use DR Condition Code
Disaster billing code no longer discretionary, Medicare points out. Don’t ignore the billing side of [...] - Industry Note:
Texas, Illinois Top CERT Error Rates In Jurisdiction M
Face-to-face continues to be a challenge. One of the states with the highest payment error [...] - Industry Note:
Go Back To Handwashing Basics
With the CDC banging the drum about the coronavirus threat, now may be a good [...] - Industry Note:
ICU Discharges Need More HH Therapy, Yale Researchers Say
Ironically, a new study encourages more home health therapy visits for patients discharged from the [...] - Industry Note:
VA Plans To Use More Home Care
The Veterans Administration will increasingly look to home care to serve veterans’ long-term care needs. [...] - Industry Note:
The More Billing Changes, The More Billing Mistakes Stay The Same
While home health agencies’ reimbursement framework may have changed drastically on Jan.1 with the Patient-Driven [...] - Industry Note:
CMS Chokes Off RAP Cash Flow
Medicare appears to be eliminating RAPs for as many home health agencies as it can [...] - Industry Note:
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Joint Replacement Bundling Demo To Go 3 More Years
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