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Wednesday, May 5, 2021

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2021 Private Duty National Conference & Expo

DecisionHealth is excited to invite you to the 2021 Private Duty National Conference & Expo in Las Vegas for a wonderful and responsible reunion. This 2½-day conference and expo will cover real-life examples of how private duty home care agencies can create solid infection control policies, keep clients and caregivers safe, develop flexible scheduling, increase their profits, retain caregivers, and comply with wage-and-hour regulations.

Skilled Nursing Facility

Q&A: ICD-10 Return to Provider codes

Question: “Physical therapy has generalized muscle weakness as a secondary diagnosis, and we are worried this will cause our claim to kick out. Why can’t they just use muscle wasting?” Response: You are correct that generalized muscle weakness would be considered an RTP code for primary diagnosis in I0020B; however, there may be instances during …

Home Health

COVID-19 vaccine toolkit expected to help educate older adults

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released a new toolkit to help organizations educate older adults on the COVID-19 vaccines and basic prevention measures around the pandemic. The toolkit is for any organization that communicates directly with the older adult community, according to HHS. It includes an FAQ about the vaccines for …

Featured Event

Home Health Coding Summit

Coming together, coding together. Join us as we focused on coding accuracy (including COVID-19 codes), the importance of coding in PDGM, a look at new codes and guidance updates, strategies for professional development, process improvement around timely billing and gathering documentation and more.

Post-Acute Advisor Podcast

Be Prepared for Upcoming Surveys

Long-term care Reta Underwood joins us today to prepare SNFs for upcoming surveys.

Post-Acute Survey

Quick Poll: Staff Morale

How is your organization’s staff morale? Take our quick 3-question poll and find out next week how your organization stands up next to your peers. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5WV5VKK