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04/08/2019

Under , timing and admission source may not reflect the amount of care needed
During claims processing under the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM), Medicare systems will pull information to automatically assign appropriate early or late timing and community or institutional admission categories to patients. Both variables factor substantially into payment methodology, with paying higher rates for the first 30-day payment period and for patients coming from institutional sources.

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Under PDGM, timing and admission source may not reflect the amount of care needed - During claims processing under the Patient-Driven Groupings Model...

04/05/2019

Care Saves $7,313 Per Patient Over After ER Visits via Home Health Care News

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https://homehealthcarenews.com/2019/03/home-health-care-saves-7313-per-patient-compared-to-hospitalization-after-er-visit%ef%bb%bfs/

Yet another study has found that home health care has the potential to drastically reduce health care spending and lower readmissions for patients following emergency room visits. Patients in the study who received home health care in-home immediately after going to the ER had a total 90-day cost of...

04/04/2019

Breakdown on the New Regulations.

-Adopt New Techniques
-Develop program data
-Create performance benchmarks
-Make executive responsibilities

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CoPs Breakdown on the New QAPI Regulations - Select Data, Inc.

04/03/2019

Phishing attack impacts 326,000 patients of Health via
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A class action lawsuit has been filed following a huge data breach at the University of Connecticut and UCONN Health that affected more than 300,000 current and former patients.

04/02/2019

Cash Flow, Timing and Other Practical FAQs About Answered via Home Health Care News

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https://homehealthcarenews.com/2019/03/cash-flow-timing-and-other-practical-faqs-about-pdgm-answered/

There are just nine months to go before the implementation of the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM), but many home health care agency owners and operators remain uncertain about what the looming payment overhaul will mean for them.   On a macro level, all home health agencies are waiting to fin...

04/01/2019

CMS launches Challenge

The Centers for and Services, along with the American Academy of Family Physicians and the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, will award as much as $1.65 million for AI healthcare solutions. .

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https://www.healthdatamanagement.com/news/cms-launches-artificial-intelligence-health-outcomes-challenge

Participants in the competition will use Medicare claims datasets to develop their AI algorithms.

04/01/2019

PPS final rule increases agencies’ payments for 2019, finalizes PDGM💵🏥😁

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Prepping for PDGM - Select Data, Inc.

03/29/2019

🚨Breaking News: OASIS-D Guidance Manual Released🚨

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CMS finalizes OASIS-D guidance manual ahead of January 2019 implementation date - Select Data, Inc.

03/29/2019

Primary Diagnosis Changes Among PDGM’s Most Overlooked Aspects

https://homehealthcarenews.com/2019/03/primary-diagnosis-changes-among-pdgms-most-overlooked-aspects/

The Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) is just nine months from taking the home health care industry by storm. By now, operators should have started preparing for the sweeping adjustments on tap for 2020 — but taking the right steps at the right time is crucial to ensuring success.   Among its...

03/29/2019

How Agencies Can Prepare for, Fight PDGM via Home Health Care News

When it takes effect next year, the Patient-Driven Groupings Model ( ) from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ( ) is expected to revolutionize home health agency operations and double billing efforts.

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https://homehealthcarenews.com/2019/01/how-home-health-agencies-can-prepare-for-fight-pdgm/

When it takes effect next year, the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is expected to revolutionize home health agency operations and double billing efforts. As the biggest payment overhaul in years, it’s crucial for providers to spend 201...

03/27/2019

Report: 30 Percent of Healthcare Databases Exposed Online. Exposed Healthcare Databases On the Dark Web 💀💀💀

According to Healthcare Informatics (2018), a new cybersecurity research report indicates that exposed databases from healthcare organizations are a vulnerable target for hackers using the dark web to commoditize stolen personally identifiable information (PII). The IntSights study, “Chronic [Cyber] Pain: Exposed & Misconfigured Databases in the Healthcare Industry,” breaks down how hackers are locating medical PII and delves into this crucial area of vulnerability for healthcare organizations. The report notes that because of open access or poor configuration, newer platforms may still be susceptible as well as older programs (Landi, 2018).

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Report: 30 Percent of Healthcare Databases Exposed Online - Select Data, Inc.

03/25/2019

03/25/2019

The Office of the Inspector General Fraud Recoveries Dropped $1.2 Billion This Year. That might not be a bad thing. Read more: click the link below: 😁😀⤵️

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OIG Fraud Recoveries Dropped $1.2B This Year - Select Data, Inc.

03/21/2019

CoP Interpretive Guidelines: Are You Compliant?

Home Health Agency Condition of participation (CoP) went into effect January 13, 2018 (CMS, 2018). However, some agencies are still struggling when it comes to Condition of participation (CoP). According to the CoP Interpretive Guidelines, to be compliant with CoP §484.60, home health agencies must have established standards of practice issued by a nationally recognized organization with expertise in the field. If your organization fails to meet these minimum standards when audited, you may be assessed a monetary fine or lose your Medicare certification.

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CoP Interpretive Guidelines: Are You Compliant? - Select Data, Inc.

03/19/2019

On January 13th, the rules for CoP’s Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement regulations changed. Section 484.65 QAPI has replaced sections 484.16 (Group of Professional Personnel) and 484.52 (Evaluation of the agency’s program). The new section does a great deal to highlight the responsibilities of the agency’s executive team and expects the governing bodies to focus on technology concepts like data- driven indicators to identify, track, and measure quality initiatives for high risk, high volume or safety issues.

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CoPs Breakdown on the New QAPI Regulations - Select Data, Inc.

11/06/2018

Wednesday, October 31, 2018, according to Decision Health, CMS has finalized a plan to launch a budget-neutral payment model for home health that utilizes 30-day periods of care and stops using the number of therapy visits to determine payment. That’s according to the 2019 PPS final rule posted Oct. 31 on the Federal Register website. The Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) will launch “on or after” Jan. 1, 2020, according to the final rule. That language differs from the proposed rule, when CMS indicated PDGM would start on Jan. 1, 2020 (Decision Health, 2018).
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CMS Finalizes PDGM: PPS Final Rule Increases HHA's Payments for 2019 - Select Data, Inc.