This comes from Palmetto GBA, a Medicare fiscal intermediary, and it pertains to easily the most crucial aspect of clinical documentation for therapists and, frankly, for any type of clinician. We felt that it was important to share this with our community at large as it is direct instruction from Medicare regarding the shaping of […]

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced the transition from OASIS-C to OASIS-C1/ICD-9 beginning January 1, 2015. We’ll have a more in-depth article about that soon but for right now, it feels like a good opportunity to talk about OASIS Assessments in more general terms. For starters, the two best resources for […]

The biggest mistake in home health care is our treatment of maintenance therapy as a separate and incomprehensible monster distinct from traditional rehabilitative therapy treatment. The truth is, there is little mystique when it comes to the home health maintenance therapy documentation. At its core, the same rules apply. Is it reasonable? Is it necessary? […]