October 1 update. Our PDGM and ICD-10 tools now use the FY2027 code set: 190 codes added, 30 deleted, and no existing code changed clinical group.
See what changedBest practices for improving patient outcomes, coordinating care across disciplines, and increasing satisfaction scores in home health.
Outcomes in home health are shaped by the parts of care that happen between visits: whether the family understood the plan, whether the medications reconcile, whether the disciplines on the case are working from the same picture of the patient.
These pieces cover coordinating across a care team that rarely meets in person, teaching a patient and family in a way that survives the drive home, spotting the decline that should trigger a reassessment before it becomes a hospitalisation, and the documentation that makes any of it visible to the next clinician through the door.
17 articles in Patient Care
When Medicare-covered home health is ending, the agency must hand you a notice. What it says, how to ask for a fast appeal, the deadline, and what it costs.
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·14 min read
How often people on Medicare 85 and older go online, how to tell if your parent will use a portal or video call, and what to get from the agency on paper.
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·13 min read
Caring for a parent on home health and running on empty? The signs of caregiver burnout, what the agency can do for you, what it can't, and where else to turn.
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·12 min read
The VA's Homemaker and Home Health Aide program helps veterans with bathing, dressing and daily tasks. Who qualifies, the cost, and how it fits Medicare.
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·12 min read
Your parent was on home health and ended up in the hospital. What happens to the agency's care, who to tell, and how home health picks up again at home.
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·12 min read
How to get a parent's home ready for home health: what to have out for the first visit, and a room-by-room safety checklist from an occupational therapist.
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·10 min read
Your parent's therapist comes a few times a week. An OT on getting the program on paper, building a routine, helping safely, and when to stop and call.
Reza
·11 min read
RN or LPN, PT or PTA, OT or COTA, aide or social worker: who comes to the house on home health, what each one does, and why an assistant may come instead.
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·12 min read
Medicare's home health patient rights in plain words, what the agency must do with a complaint, and who to call next if the agency doesn't fix it.
Reza
·14 min read