The Home Health Care Wire
Your source for CareVoyant and industry news. September 20, 2023
The Importance of Documenting Wound Care for Private Duty Nursing
Proper wound care documentation offers numerous benefits for Private Duty Nursing home care agencies and their patients, including enhanced communication and accurate billing and reimbursement processes. Implementing strategies to streamline information management can significantly improve efficiency and ensure the highest quality of care for patients of Private Duty Nursing agencies.
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.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) can provide insight into operations and setting appropriate business goals for home healthcare agencies. Selecting the correct set of KPIs for Clinical and Quality of Care will help home care agencies measure the current performance, set goals going forward, and measure the progress toward meeting those goals.
Home Healthcare Industry News
CMS preparing health equity confidential feedback reports
CMS will release two new Health Equity Confidential Feedback Reports to home health agencies, along with inpatient rehabilitation facilities, long-term care hospitals and skilled nursing facilities.
OIG: Majority of home health falls with hospitalization going unreported
Among Medicare home health patients hospitalized for falls with major injury, over half of the falls were not reported on patient assessments by agencies as required, according to an Office of Inspector General report.
The GUIDE Model’s Promising Goals For Supporting Caregivers
When the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) first announced the Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model in late July, there was excitement and an eagerness to learn more from home-based care providers. The goal of the model, according to CMS, is to “support people living with dementia and their unpaid caregivers.”
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