The Home Health Care Wire
Your source for CareVoyant and industry news. July 20, 2022
Home Health OASIS-E Changes – A Primer
CMS introduced OASIS-E changes for Home Health Agencies to meet the requirements of the IMPACT Act and improve interoperability among the post-acute continuum. After delaying the implementation of OASIS-E changes due to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, CMS has announced that Home Health Agencies should implement OASIS-E changes by January 1, 2023. Home Health Agencies should understand the extent of OASIS-E changes.
In this blog, we will review OASIS-E changes, their impact of these changes, and how the agencies should prepare for these changes.
Private Duty Nursing is different from your traditional home health as it requires skilled care for medically fragile patients. The care is typically provided in longer shifts from 8 to 12 hours and for a limited number of patients over a longer period of time. In the Private Duty Nursing field, the nurse or LPN gets to know the patient as a person and can really become quite attached to their patient. The care provided can be in multiple settings such as the patient's home, school, or even a group home setting.
The unique nature of private duty nursing necessitates specific software features.
In the third article in the series on how home care agencies can navigate staffing challenges, we look at how scheduling, communications, clinical documentation, alerts and validations at the point of care must integrate on one platform to help you utilize resources optimally.
Home Healthcare Industry News
Home Health Providers, Staff In For ‘Rude Awakening’ Following Public Health Emergency Expiration
Though it sometimes may not feel like it, the expiration of the public health emergency (PHE) will, one day, come.
And when it does, that will have ramifications on home health providers specifically, and home-based care more generally. With the declaration came a handful of waivers and flexibilities meant to alleviate the harsh impacts of the pandemic for home health providers.
Payer Diversification Increasingly Important Amid Gloomy Home Health Reimbursement Landscape
Here I am, yet again, writing about the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed rule for the home health care industry.
But it’s no small deal. Advocates were in Washington, D.C., this week to desperately argue on behalf of the industry that the rule was unfair. In doing that, they displayed the nuts and bolts of the situation clearly: If CMS continues course, it would mean a cumulative cut of $18 billion to home health payments over the next decade.
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