Home Health Line
01/23/2012

The unusual number of additional documentation requests (ADRs) sent to agencies billing to Palmetto are the result of new CMS funding for prepayment reviews.

01/23/2012

Appeal to accountable care organizations (ACOs) by using your outcomes to describe how your agency will benefit transitional care and the outcomes of other providers.

01/23/2012

While CMS deliberates the fate of the third-party liability sampling demonstration, agencies are stuck with the extra work involved in responding to state medical reviews.

01/23/2012

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) voted for a recommendation to increase hospice payments by 0.5% in 2013 at its Jan. 12 meeting.

01/16/2012

Make sure your written therapy goals include an explanation of how the goals are important to the patient and how patient progress will be measured.

01/16/2012

New demonstrations and models for smoother care transitions have been frequent in recent years, but home health often has received the short end of the straw in mostly physician- and hospital-dominated programs.

01/16/2012

The Joint Commission has adopted new home health standards that would require accredited agencies to bring staff vaccination rates up to 90% and HHS is seeking comments on a report that could lead to a similar requirement throughout the health care sector.

01/16/2012

If your agency is getting more job applications from nurses than you anticipated, watch out. Their RN degrees are no guarantee they have the experience home health nursing requires.

01/16/2012

Check with your Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) if you’re still waiting for a decision on your Home Health Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HH-CAHPS) reconsideration request.

01/16/2012

Take a close look at the particulars of your contract if your agency uses outside therapists who are not subject to the tax withholding that applies to payroll staff.

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