With recent efforts to capture Social Determinants of Health and its impact on patient outcomes, starting April 1, 2023, 42 new codes will be added to the ICD-10-CM with 9 of those addressing issues like inadequate housing, health literacy, and personal history of abuse. These… Read More »ICD-10 Code Changes Effective April 1st; New SDoH Codes
The Biden administration announced that the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) is set to conclude on May 11, 2023, after 3 years. While home health stakeholders initially feared the end of the PHE, it appears that it may not have as significant an impact on… Read More »PHE Conclusion: What Does It Mean for Home Health?
In 2023, two significant changes have been introduced to home health: the new OASIS-E and the nationwide expansion of the home health value-based purchasing (HHVBP) program. Home health organizations must be knowledgeable of the new OASIS data set and the measures impacting the HHVBP Total… Read More »OASIS-E: A Key Factor in HHVBP Performance
Home health agencies currently have the option to deliver some services using telecommunications technology as part of COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) waivers granted by CMS to allow more flexibility for providers to provide consistent patient care. However, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services… Read More »Heads-up: New Telehealth G-Codes
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have released the January 2023 OASIS Q&A sessions, which provide guidance on OASIS-E documentation in complex situations. These questions which were received by the CMS help desk from Q4 of 2022 address certain topics about BIMS interview… Read More »More OASIS-E Guidance from the January 2023 OASIS Q&As
2023 is looking like a double-edged sword for the home health industry as it is poised to bring challenges, as well as opportunities. Medicare payment cuts will still have an impact on home health, which, consequently, will have a major influence on how home health… Read More »2023 Top Home Health Industry Forecasts
Part of the new assessment items in the OASIS-E are the Social Determinants of Health (SDoH). SDoH describe environmental and socioeconomic conditions that affect a wide range of health functioning, quality-of-life outcomes, and risks, including but not limited to the ability to access healthy food,… Read More »How to Document SDoH for Better Outcomes
A recent survey on home-based care providers, including home health, shares insight into the financial health and growth strategy of these organizations going into 2023. While there’s a huge chunk of survey participants, 65% to be exact, that agree with the incredible growth of home… Read More »Business Growth and Financial Health in Home-Based Care for 2023
Following the release and revision of the draft manual in May 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Final OASIS-E Guidance Manual on December 14. The final manual is available for download on the CMS website under the OASIS User Manuals… Read More »Final OASIS-E Guidance Manual: What Changed?
On December 6, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final version of the OASIS-E instrument on their Home Health Quality Reporting Program (HH QRP) website under OASIS Data Sets (see the downloads section at the bottom of the page). To recall,… Read More »Out Now: OASIS-E Final Instrument and Guidance Manual
