Tag: Coding & OASIS

Understanding the Hidden Financial Impacts of PDGM Performance.The Patient-Driven Groupings Model has fundamentally transformed home health reimbursement, creating both opportunities and challenges for agencies striving to maintain financial...

PDGM Case-Mix Weight Optimization: Essential Strategies.The financial health of home health agencies now hinges on mastering case-mix weight optimization under PDGM. While agencies have always balanced patient care with documentation,...

PDGM Quality Measures: Understanding the Connection to Revenue.Under PDGM, home health agencies can no longer treat quality measures as just another regulatory requirement. These metrics directly influence your bottom line through their impact...

Resource Utilization Under PDGM: Key Patterns for Success.Smart resource allocation can make or break a home health agency under PDGM. While traditional visit patterns focused mainly on meeting minimum requirements, today’s most...

Top 10 OASIS Documentation Mistakes That Cost Agencies Money.Every missed assessment item and documentation error costs your home health agency money. The stakes have never been higher, with OASIS-E implementation and Value-Based Purchasing...

OASIS-E Updates: Key Changes Your Home Health Agency Needs to Know.Home health agencies nationwide are adapting to significant changes in patient assessment requirements with the implementation of OASIS-E. These updates represent the most...

Clinician Approach to OASIS-E: Mastering the Key to the New Discharge Function Score.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is sharpening its focus on patient functional abilities as a reimbursement factor in value-based care, and the experts at...

Maximizing Revenue and Growth: 3 Reasons your Home Health Agency needs SimiTree’s PDGM Analysis.As we move further into 2023, it’s becoming increasingly important for home health agencies to stay on top of changes in the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) and adjust...