How to Get a Prior Authorization for Home Health Billing
Certain payers require prior authorizations.
Depending on the payer, a home health agency (HHA) may be required to obtain a ‘prior authorization’ (PA) for home health billing and to determine insurance eligibility. Think of prior authorization as “permission” to provide a type of...
COVID-19: Three (3) Requirements for (Early) Discharge Planning
Prepare Patients for Early Discharge
Preparing non-priority home health patients for early discharge should be the primary objective of home health agencies right now. Since accessibility to routine healthcare is currently suspended, home health agencies should prepare patients and...
COVID-19: Substitutions for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
It's no secret that healthcare providers - hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, doctor's offices - and home health agencies - have run out of - or are running out of - personal protective gear (PPE). Because of the shortage of PPE, the CDC has announced methods to optimize the supply...
COVID-19: Daily Management Plan for Home Health Agencies
1. Provide home health services to priority patients only.
Since the corona virus in the US is not contained, the presumption must be that anyone can have the COVID-19 virus. Under these circumstances your HHA must limit contact to patients that require critical care and have no one...
COVID-19 & Home Health: Your Emergency Preparedness Plan
So, now it's happened. We have the pandemic called COVID-19. The coronavirus causes illness ranging from the common cold to more severe respiratory infections. COVID-19, the most recently discovered coronavirus disease, was first seen in December 2019 in China.
Does Your Home Health Orientation Include These 11 Policies?
Home Health orientation basics include showing new workers how to perform their jobs safely and efficiently. But thriving home health agencies know that it is important to go much further than that. Orientation is the perfect time to begin soft skills training, and to introduce...
Pain Management: 2020 PDGM Utilization Recommendations
A home health pain management program can be executed by either nursing or therapy. Patients requiring pain management should use a combination of medical (chronic pain medications) and non-medical intervention such as guided imagery, distraction, relaxation - among others. ...
16 Home Health Nurse Safety Tips
Basic Home Care Industry Safety Guidelines for Field Clinicians
The following is a home health and safety inspection checklist:
- Before making home visits, home health care workers should secure all purses and wallets at the Agency. If you must take a purse or wallet, lock it in...
