Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The next Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forum is scheduled for Wednesday, November 9, 2022 PM at 2:00 PM-3:00 PM Eastern Time (ET). Please call at least 15 minutes prior to the forum start time. **This Agenda is Subject to Change** Opening Remarks Chair…… Continue reading Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forum – November 9, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Post-event materials are now available for theHome Health OASIS-E Guidance Training Program. These materials include the recorded workshop sessions, PDF versions of the live workshop presentations, and a post-event Q&A document.  This information was posted on October 24, 2022. Available Resources: The recordings of the live…… Continue reading Home Health OASIS-E Guidance Training Program

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The calendar year 2023 Home Health Prospective Payment System Final Rule was published on October 31, 2022. The following are the Home Health Quality Reporting Program proposals have been finalized: CMS finalized a proposal to end the suspension of the collection of Outcome and Assessment Information…… Continue reading Calendar Year 2023 Home Health Prospective Payment System Final Rule

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The OIG posted its study of Home Health Agencies and their response to the COVID-19 pandemic on October 18, 2022. Key Takeaway: Home health agencies (HHAs) developed strategies to respond to challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, including providing new incentives to maintain staff and seeking alternative…… Continue reading Home Health Agencies Used Multiple Strategies to Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic Although Some Challenges Persist

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted the 5-page October 2022 Quarterly OASIS Q&Asdocument for Home Health Agencies. For a sneak preview, here are the questions in this document: Question 1: Please provide guidance on the following scenario: A patient was recertified between days 56-60 and then in the new…… Continue reading October 2022 CMS Quarterly OASIS Q&As

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Save the Dates! Date: Friday, October 7, 2022Time: 12:00 p.m. to 12:50 p.m.Topics: Minnesota Home Care: Year in Review You are invited to join the Home Care Matters WebEx Series on Fridays this fall hosted by the MDH Health Regulation Division. We encourage basic and comprehensive home care providers…… Continue reading Minnesota Providers: Home Care Matters WebEx Series

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare On October 11th from 2:00 pm ET – 3:00 pm ET, the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Technical Assistance (TA) Team will present a live encore presentation of the August 25th webinar: Navigating Performance Feedback Reports: Interim Performance Report (IPR) and Annual Performance Report (APR). The…… Continue reading Expanded HHVBP Model: Registration Now Available – Live Encore – Navigating Performance Feedback Reports: Interim Performance Report (IPR) and Annual Performance Report (APR)

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Effective October 4, 2022, a report retention time period will be applied to user-requested or auto-generated Home Health Agency (HHA) reports in the internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES). When the report retention changes are implemented, reports that are older than the pre-defined number of…… Continue reading Report Retention Change for HHA Reports in iQIES

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The next Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forum is scheduled for: Wednesday, September 21, 2022 PM at 3:30-4:30 PM Eastern Time (ET). Please call at least 15 minutes prior to the forum start time. **This Agenda is Subject to Change** Opening Remarks Chair –…… Continue reading Upcoming Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forum – September 21, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS posted Transmittal 11601 on September 15, 2022. This is a 4-page Transmittal.