Home Health & Hospice Week

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Allowing Therapists To Complete Comprehensive Assessments, Even When Nursing Is Ordered, Is Back On The Table

Could this PHE-era ability be restored? A new Request for Information could lead to some help for home health agencies struggling with the nursing shortage. “Some groups continue to advocate for [the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services] to permanently allow therapists to perform the initial and comprehensive assessment in the home health setting when both therapy and nursing services [...]
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