Home Health

CMS will pay for second COVID-19 booster for patients

CMS announced April 6, 2022, that it will pay for a second COVID-19 booster shot of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines. Certain immunocompromised individuals and people ages 50 years and older who received an initial booster dose at least four months ago are eligible for another booster to increase their protection against severe disease …

Skilled Nursing Facility

CMS releases data on nursing home and hospital ownership

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released public data on mergers, acquisitions, consolidations, and changes of ownership from 2016-2022 for hospitals and nursing homes enrolled in Medicare. The data includes the following: Changes of ownership have been much more common in nursing homes than hospitals over the past six years.There is also wide …

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2022 Home Health Coding Summit

The 2022 Home Health Coding Summit is your one-stop shop to get intermediate and advanced code training! Join us and get a first look at the FY2023 codes, guideline and OASIS changes! We will set you up with the tools and resources you need to succeed so you can sit for your coding credential, earn CEUs, and advance your career. It's no wonder coders across the nation consider the Coding Summit a priority investment year after year.

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National Nurses Week Webinar

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ensue and the healthcare community prepares for the next infection wave, there’s always the lingering potential that other pathogens may emerge and result with widespread, inter-facility transmission and threaten the health of the patients, residents, and staff. Outbreaks continue to emerge despite regulatory agencies, governmental bodies, organizational leadership, healthcare …

Home Health

CMS April 2022 OASIS quarterly Q&As

CMS provides further guidance surrounding when to complete RFA 7 (Transferred to an inpatient facility — patient discharged from agency) and when to complete RFA 8 (Death at home) in its second quarter OASIS Q&As, released April 19. The April Q&As include five questions covering additional topics such as: Further clarification regarding a patient’s ability to take their medications …