Home Health Line
03/04/2013
The data below show the 10 diagnosis categories most frequently coded in M1020 (Primary diagnosis) by home health coders in 2012.
 
03/04/2013
Help clinicians shine during surveyor interviews by focusing training sessions on your agency policies and you’ll avoid significant sanctions outlined in the final 2013 PPS rule.
 
03/04/2013
Implement a policy on distracted driving to prevent harm to your employees and comply with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requirements.
 
03/04/2013
On May 1, CMS plans to start denying claims where the ordering/referring physician wasn’t enrolled in the provider enrollment, chain and ownership system (PECOS).
 
03/04/2013
No deal was in sight to avert sequestration at the time HHL went to press.
02/26/2013
Sequestration is set to cut big hunks of spending from hundreds of federal activities, from the Head Start program to a second carrier for the Persian Gulf. Most significantly for home health, the sequestration law also includes an across-the-board cut of up to 2% for Medicare providers.
 
02/25/2013
Make sure your software will help you prevent payment delays by capturing information on physician orders and service locations easily and accurately.
 
02/25/2013
Make sure you have a process in place to mitigate risk after a patient data breach. Experts believe the government is expanding Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) enforcement to smaller providers following the mega-rule’s release.
 
02/25/2013
Note that all the amounts are per violation and per calendar year. Multiple violations of the same Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) provision in the same year can add up to a maximum of $1.5 million. However, if your agency also has violated other provisions, those penalties would be calculated separately, meaning your total could be above $1.5 million in those cases, according to the mega-rule.
 
02/25/2013
Prevent denials that could result from a new medical review edit for HIPPS codes that designate episodes just above or below the 14-visit payment threshold.
 

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