Category \ Home Health
The Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) created a payment system that relies heavily on clinical characteristics to develop more payment categories, shifting reimbursement away from service quantity toward service quality. So what can home health organizations do to properly manage visits … Keep Reading
In 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM), which shifted to a patient-centered payment system that focuses on clinical characteristics and other meaningful patient information. Under PDGM, the 60-day episode of care … Keep Reading
As the home health industry continues to evolve at a rapid rate, successful organizations are those that fully understand regulatory compliance and maximize the benefits of home health to create positive outcomes for their patients. Among the therapy skills that … Keep Reading
Though the concepts of palliative care have been around since the inception of the hospice care delivery model, palliative care continues to be mostly undefined from regulatory and payment structure perspectives. Palliative care is provided by a specially trained team … Keep Reading
There’s nothing quite like the anxiety of a surveyor popping in your home health organization for a surprise audit. Surveys can cause even the most stringent administrator to doubt their operations. I remember the feeling well and that’s why I … Keep Reading
Most Americans do not have a plan in place for end-of-life care. A lack of these advance directives, currently used by only one in three people, directly leads to higher healthcare costs and a distinct disconnect between the patient’s wishes … Keep Reading
Editorial note: This guest blog is by Annie Erstling, chief strategy officer for our health technology partner, Forcura. It includes insights from Axxess’ panel discussion during Forcura’s annual CONNECT Summit – “Earning a Seat at the Table: Are Post-Acute Care … Keep Reading
Volunteers are the heart of hospice care. In fact, in the United States hospice care began as a volunteer-based movement. Volunteers are a vital part of the interdisciplinary team (IDG), a Medicare requirement under the Conditions of Participation. A minimum … Keep Reading
Hospices should review their best practices to meet compliance with the new Hospice Care Index (HCI). This claims-based quality measure is reported throughout the patient’s lifecycle and is made up of 10 indicators that represent multiple aspects of care, from … Keep Reading
Home health organizations should be planning ahead for potential sudden staffing shortages. Most organizations rotate call assignments for weekends, holidays and emergencies. This planning should be done well ahead of the date. Yet this nursing shortage is critical – organizations … Keep Reading
Often in reviewing clinical records, quality assurance (QA) staff look for items that are not a concern for surveyors or auditors. Inconsistency, requests, and phone calls from QA while doing visits and interruptions when at home all add to the … Keep Reading
The shift to value-based care means a shift of priorities, starting from the very beginning: hiring quality caregivers and staff. So how do you identify a person that will thrive in your organization? Hiring the right candidate goes beyond assessing … Keep Reading
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