Home Health Line
01/14/2013
It wasn’t all M1024: A Grouper change effective for assessments completed on or after Jan. 1 means you’ll get more money for certain past episodes if you decide to adjust those claims.
 
01/14/2013
Home health tech experts see nothing but growth in 2013, and think the sooner you get in on it, the better off your agency will be.
 
01/14/2013
The data below show that marketing and staff training are the top budget priorities for agencies in 2013.
 
01/14/2013
Your clinicians need to understand what counts as a multi-discipline therapy case as opposed to a single-discipline therapy case when different disciplines start and stop throughout the episode. Failure to comply with this requirement could result in a loss of hundreds of dollars per episode.
 
01/14/2013
Say goodbye to the common working file (CWF): This year, CMS will transfer eligibility checks to a new system which is getting good marks from government watchdogs for the reliability of its service and information.
 
01/14/2013
If your agency is looking for a reprieve from ongoing Medicare payment cuts, consider diversifying your payer mix to include other revenue sources.
 
01/14/2013
The version of the hospice conditions of participation posted in the Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (www.ecfr.gov) contains some errors.
01/14/2013
The following scenario was created by Trish Twombly, senior director for DecisionHealth in Gaithersburg, Md., to illustrate the impact of the additional case-mix and non-routine supply (NRS) points available for 173 diagnosis codes.
01/09/2013
CMS has identified errors in the version of the hospice conditions of participation (CoPs) posted online and is working to correct them, according to an announcement at the Jan. 9 home health and hospice open-door forum.
 
01/07/2013
The fiscal cliff agreement negotiated by congressional lawmakers contains no cuts or copay for home health. However, Congress will revisit the 2% Medicare cut called for as part of the sequestration process as soon as March.
 

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