The 12 Best In-Services for Aides & Home Health Clinicians
As you know, Medicare's requirements for home health aide in-services are the following (Standard §484.80(d); Tag G774):"§484.80(d) Standard: In-service training. A home health aide must receive at least 12 hours of in-service training during each 12-month period. In-service training...
OASIS M1610: Instructions for Managing Indwelling Catheter
Client Teaching Guides for Home Health Care: Patient Teaching Guidelines for Foley Catheter Care. Sometimes injuries and illnesses make it hard, or impossible, for you to urinate on your own. For this reason, you need an indwelling catheter, also called an indwelling foley catheter....
Rule #2 for Preventing ER Visits? Prepare Patient for Exacerbations
Medicare charges hefty financial penalties to providers who send patients back to the hospital after a recent hospital admission.
To Be a 5-Star Agency, Pay Close Attention to Rehabilitation Potential
Value-based Purchasing (VBP) & Medicare Reimbursement
Medicare's Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) became effective for all certified home health agencies on 1/1/2023. Under VBP your Agency's Medicare payments are determined by three conditions: (1) CAHPS - patient satisfaction scores, (2)...
OASIS M1840 - Assessment Guidelines for Toilet Transferring
MyHomecareBiz recommends the following Medicare guidelines for completing OASIS M1840 Toilet Transferring:
Are Coding & Meds Consistent with 0110 Special Treatments?
Section O: Special Treatments Can Increase the Patient's Case Mix and Your Reimbursement.
If the patient has any of the following conditions make sure coding and medications support the answers to Section O.
How Patient Risks Sabotage the Home Health Admission
OASIS Has 132 Questions. 44 Are Patient Risk Factors.
Medicare places great importance on managing risk factors.
There are 132 questions on OASIS E1 Start of Care and 44 (33%) are risk factor questions. Since the original version released in 1998, the majority of the OASIS assessment...
M1860 Ambulation/Locomotion: Make Sure PT Careplan Advances Star Ratings
It’s Not Difficult to Satisfy Medicare.
Its not difficult to satisfy Medicare's Value-based Purchasing challenge to improve outcomes. For example, to show improvement for M1860 Ambulation/Locomotion, if the patient scores a '3' on admission (3. Able to walk only with the supervision or...
