PATIENT ACUITY in the "new" PPS is a chief concern for your agency. The greater the Home Health Resource Group (HHRG), the larger payment your agency can receive. Some administrators are pushing clinicians to add more case-mix points. But clinicians cannot do this - they cannot change what a patient is. However, by focusing on assessment and having a thorough understanding of the HHRG, clinicians can correctly expose undiscovered acuities that will lead to greater payment.

• Study the new case-mix diagnosis groups
--- Insights into points assigned
--- Impact of comorbidities, combinations
• Make sense of the services utilization dimension
--- Problems with interpreting S scores
--- The role of M0826, therapy need
• Payment and care delivery implications


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The Presenter: Diane J. Omdahl, RN, MS

Catalog ID: J07170BD