Are You Doing Enough for Patients with Depression & Anxiety?
Depression and anxiety are major health issues among patients receiving home care, but are under-diagnosed and under-treated ... causing negative health outcomes. Your patient may be anxious and/or depressed because illness prevents participation in activities. While anxiety or...
Congestive Heart Failure (CHF): Teaching & Care Plan for Home Health
For the patient with Congestive Heart Failure, in addition to assessing Shortness of breath M1400 on OASIS also include these MyHomecareBiz Best Practice assessment strategies:
Busy Minds Fight Dementia in Home Health Care Patients
From Healthday: Mentally stimulating activities can protect home health care patients' brains against aging, even if genetically predisposed toward dementia or Alzheimer's disease, a new study reports MyHomecareBiz:
OASIS M1910 - Medicare Guidelines for Assessing Fall Risk
Adapted from Medicare's OASIS Guidance Manual: Include the following home health care OASIS Best Practices for completing M1910 Falls Risk Assessment:(M1910) Has this patient had a multi-factor Falls Risk Assessment using a standardized, validated assessment tool?
Dysphagia Diets? Home Health Clinicians Should Know...
Dysphagia is among the most common conditions in home health patients and poses a great risk for re-hospitalization. Teaching and guidance on the National Dyphagia Diet (NDD) Dysphagia Diet for patients with swallowing, feeding and eating difficulties should be included in your HHA's...
Home Health Coding: Medicare Do's & Don'ts under PDGM
With CMS’s Home Health Patient Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) that became effective 1/1/2020, the practice of coding home health OASIS assessments also changed. Before, we recorded six (6) diagnosis codes on the OASIS assessment. Now, we can include up to twenty-five (25) diagnoses on...
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...
