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Friday, February 11, 2022

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Learn More About 2022 Long-Term Care Compliance & Regulatory Roundup

The long-term care industry has made it through a couple of the most hectic years in memory, and 2022 is shaping up to be just as challenging.

COVID-19

Add sleep problems to the list of COVID-19 challenges for nurses

Working the front lines of the early COVID-19 pandemic led to sleepless nights, anxiety, and depression for more than half of nurses surveyed for a new study. “Nurses are already at risk for higher rates of depression and insufficient sleep compared to other professions, thanks to the stress of patient care and the nature of …

Home Health

Latest system issue incorrectly identifies NOAs as duplicates

CMS’ Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) have alerted providers to a new system issue with the Notice of Admission (NOA). The NOA replaced the RAP in 2022 as the way for an agency to note it is the primary home health provider for a patient at the start of care. According to the MACs, an issue …

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An Easier and Faster Way to Code Accurately

Every year, home health agencies lose hundreds of thousands of dollars in denied or delayed claims because of inaccurate coding and late OASIS submissions. Don't let this happen to your agency!

Skilled Nursing Facility

How to Create an Exceptional Workplace Culture in Health Care

An African proverb says that if you want to get somewhere fast, go alone, but if you want to go the distance, take a team. We say, why not do both? Technology has allowed us to do more than ever before and increasingly from the comfort of our home office bubbles, but the journey of …

Home Health

CMS releases updated OASIS-E draft

An updated draft of OASIS-E that will be effective Jan. 1, 2023, was released on Feb. 1, 2022. Notable changes from the draft released in 2020 include the removal of M2016 (Patient/caregiver drug education intervention) from Section N (Medications), as well as the reordering of some items. In addition to the changes above, “Patient declines …