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Coders should use the new OASIS-C item M1730 (depression screening) as a hint to coding depression, but it is not meant to be your final authority....
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When answering the new OASIS-C item M1012 (inpatient procedure) make sure to consider procedures that occurred at all inpatient facilities – not just hospitals....
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Determine which surgical aftercare V code to use by cross-referencing the diagnosis code that necessitated the surgery with the “conditions classifiable to” codes listed after many of the surgical aftercare...
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Determining the healing status of a surgical wound, especially one closed by primary intention, is causing home care agencies the most confusion in light of WOCN’s recently-released OASIS-C definitions. And...
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Continue to track and improve patient outcomes, during the one-year period in which CMS will not be issuing risk-adjusted quality reports, by focusing on a couple of patient-specific outcomes and...
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Ask your most difficult OASISC questions and our experts will provide the answers. Our experts use CMS OASIS-C guidance to answer your questions. [Send your questions to kanderson@decisionhealth.com]...
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For agency owners who hoped CMS would grant exceptions to the HHA ownership restrictions under its 36-month rule, the latest word from CMS is that rule changes won’t happen anytime...
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How many of the nearly 900,000 Medicaid beneficiaries now in nursing homes and other institutional settings could make the transition to less expensive independent living with support of home and...
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Does your HIPAA-required Notice of Privacy practices state that patients have the right to withhold information from their insurance companies when they pay for services out of pocket? If not,...
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The sputtering economy is causing potential private duty clients to hire caregivers privately, a practice that is negatively impacting agencies’ bottom lines, according to several private duty owners....
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You could add hundreds of hours and take in thousands in new revenue by tapping into a federal program that pays for private duty care for eligible war veterans and...
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Advertising may be one of the lowest priorities on many private duty agencies’ marketing to-do lists, but it can be a solid business driver....
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