There’s little doubt that if a vote was taken to nominate the most despised regulation in the home health industry, the 13th and 19th visit therapy re-assessment requirement would be the favorite to take home the grand prize. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) enacted this requirement as a way to prevent unnecessary […]

In part I, we established the conflicting reality of care coordination felt especially acutely in the home care industry. Simply adding more protocols and paper-based tools to facilitate care coordination is not likely to produce the desired outcome. Increased training can be beneficial, but its effectiveness is limited in the present context of lacking team […]

On November 2, CMS has released the final rule for the Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) for 2013. The rule contains a few revisions regarding therapy reassessment requirements. Here’s the rundown of the three things you need to know: If a reassessment visit is missed, therapy coverage will resume with the visit during […]

It’s only fitting that for our inaugural blog entry, we touch on the holy grail of health care – care coordination. A quick Google search reveals that formal care coordination initiatives have been around for at least a few decades. Numerous studies are still undertaken to find “better” care coordination models. Some of the latest […]