The Home Health Care Wire
Your source for CareVoyant and industry news. September 28, 2022
Navigating the Challenges of Private Duty Nursing with Technology
Private Duty Home Care agencies can use the right technology and software platform to manage the challenges posed by unique and demanding requirements of providing skilled care at home. Using the right tools will enable home health care agencies to bring operational efficiencies to the organization and take advantage of these new opportunities.
The quote "If it is not written down, it did not happen" applies to medical records and clinical documentation. It can be expanded to include clarity, consistency, and quality.
Comprehensive, consistent, and complete clinical documentation is critical for home health care agencies for the quality of care to the patient and optimum reimbursement. Improving the quality of clinical documentation will significantly enhance the quality of care and patient satisfaction while reducing the risk of compliance issues during surveys. Compliance issues during the survey may lead to reimbursement delays or reductions.
CMS has proposed a cumulative $18 Billing cuts to Home Health reimbursements over the next decade. These cuts will have a much higher impact on the agencies providing only Medicare Certified Home Health Agencies. They can adopt payer diversification strategies to mitigate the impact of reimbursement cuts by diversifying the payer mix and services offered.
Home Healthcare Industry News
Study: Home care providers need to tailor recruitment efforts to more diverse group
The profile of the home care caregiver is more diverse than many potential employers may think. That has major implications for recruitment efforts. This is a finding of a massive new study from MissionCare Collective and the National Association for Home Care & Hospice, which released some of the findings last week during a webinar.
How Home Care Providers Can Avoid Live-In Care Legal Landmines
Home care companies that shy away from offering live-in caregiver services are often trying to avoid the potential legal risk it may bring to their doorsteps.
However, when providers do want to offer this service, it’s important to be informed about how to deliver it correctly in order to avoid legal landmines.
HHS Approves 12-month Extension of Postpartum Medicaid and CHIP Coverage in North Carolina
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), approved the extension of Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) coverage for 12 months after pregnancy in North Carolina. As a result, up to an additional 28,000 people will now be eligible for Medicaid or CHIP for a full year after pregnancy in North Carolina. With today’s approval, in combination with previously approved state extensions, an estimated 361,000 Americans annually in 24 states and D.C. are eligible for 12 months of postpartum coverage. If all states adopted this option, as many as 720,000 people across the United States would be guaranteed Medicaid and CHIP coverage for 12 months after pregnancy.
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