Posted Thursday, May 11, 2023
The PHE has ended, and home health businesses are taking a hard look at how this will impact their business. The PHE ushered in a number of different waivers and flexibilities meant to lessen the disruption the pandemic had on providers.
CMS provided relief on timelines to complete OASIS comprehensive assessments and submission, that will now end. Also, therapy staff will no longer be able to complete the initial or comprehensive assessment for patients where therapy was not the qualifying service, even if they are part of the care plan.
“Both of these changes will impact staffing, both who can go out to start the initial and comprehensive as well as getting it done in the new timelines,” Katy Barnett, director of home care and hospice operations and policy at LeadingAge, told HHCN.
“A large part of our workforce was hired during the public health emergency and has been functioning under waivers, so it’s all they’ve known,” Joanna Horst, chief clinical officer of home health and hospice at Bayada Home Health Care, told HHCN in an email. “As an organization, we must account for the time and resources to educate or re-educate our leaders and staff on our standards and policies without waivers.”
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