Home Health Line
09/24/2012

Eddy VNA in Troy, N.Y. provides the following services to help patients transition into the home more easily.

09/24/2012

Enforce a more individualized approach to the hospice plan of care to prevent survey citations for failure to meet CMS content requirements for that document.

09/24/2012

Hospices most often received survey citations in 2011 for falling short on plan-of-care requirements, new CMS data show.

09/24/2012

Evaluate how well your agency is protecting patients’ health information and decrease the risk of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) violations with a new audit protocol from HHS.

09/24/2012

The protocol for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) audits enables agencies to conduct a self–audit and identify problem areas, says consultant Frank Ruelas, Casa Grande, Ariz.

09/24/2012

Starting Oct. 1, you’ll have to keep ordering and certifying documentation for at least seven years.

09/17/2012

Agencies will be “underpaid” if CMS finalizes its proposal to limit use of the diagnosis payment slot, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) says in its comments on the proposed 2013 PPS rule.

09/17/2012

At a time when many agencies are hoping hospitals and their physicians will choose them as partners in reducing hospitalizations, the VNA of Greater Philadelphia has a different strategy: It has acquired a house calls physician practice as a way to grow referrals while also making itself attractive to health care systems interested in fewer hospitalizations.

09/17/2012

Make sure 60-day summaries justify the medical necessity of a recertification to prevent unwarranted auditor scrutiny and survey deficiencies.

09/17/2012

This table from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s (MedPAC) 2012 Data Book shows changes in home health utilization since 2002.

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