OASIS E: New Rules for M2010 High-Risk Medications
Clinicians are required to teach patients on high risk medications at Start of care and Resumption of Care, per the OASIS question M2010 Patient/Caregiver High-Risk Drug Education. Prior to OASIS-E, Medicare suggested referring to authoritative sources, such as the Institute for Safe...
How to Perform Home Health Employee Evaluations
Your home health policies and procedures need to address how to perform employee evaluations, reports MyHomecareBiz. Employee evaluations shouldn't be intimidating for you or your employee. Preventing a negative experience can depend on how you - or another reviewer - handles the...
Infection Control Teaching for Home Health Patients
Given the current focus on COVID-19, other infectious processes commonly experienced by home health patients - pneumonia, UTI’s, hepatitis, and wound infections - still pose significant challenges to patients and home health clinicians.
2023 PDGM Utilization for Congestive Heart Failure
There are thirty-six (36) different casemix scenarios for cardiac patients under Medicare's Patient-Driven-Groupings- Model (PDGM) payment system (new rates effective January 1, 2023). The casemix is contingent on from where the patient was discharged, her/his functional abilities,...
Best Practices for Completing M1342 OASIS – Surgical Wound
Include the following policies and procedures for documenting OASIS M1342 --Status of Most Problematic and Observable Surgical Wound.
3 Steps to Effective Home Health QAPI
CHAP, JCAHO, ACHC & Medicare require that “The group of professional personnel meets frequently to advise the agency on professional issues, to participate in the evaluation of the agency’s quality assurance program...”
Your Agency's Incident Reporting System is the foundation for...
OASIS E Section N: Medications Will Require Additional Documentation
OASIS E, to be released in January 2023, requires
- patient teaching on high-risk medications and
- documentation of THE REASON for the high-risk medication
You will want to make sure your field staff are able to identify the generic and trade names of high risk...
OASIS M1870: 3 Strategies to Assist with Feeding & Eating
Preparing and serving food for optimum nutritional intake
- Serve 5-6 small meals rather than three large meals.
- Chop or cut the food into bite-size pieces.
- Serve the most nutritious foods first.
- Allow the patient enough time to chew and swallow each bite.
- If necessary for swallowing...
