Home Health Line
01/02/2012

Look for your profit margins to shrink further in 2012, as CMS is mulling substantial changes to the therapy benefit.

01/02/2012

Expect little help from CMS with face-to-face encounter burdens in 2012 – instead, brace yourself for another deterioration in your relationships with physicians.

01/02/2012

Treat 2012 as a preparation year to design and execute plans to transition to the ICD-10-CM code system.

01/02/2012

Expect to see the number and types of home health audits increase and affect your bottom line more than ever before in 2012.

01/02/2012

To prepare for increased compliance/audit activity in 2012, agencies should take the following actions:

01/02/2012

For the first time in an HHL trend issue, we offer you a look at how last year’s predictions turned out. The result: We mostly got it right.

01/02/2012

It’s official: You’ll be able to submit claims using the old 4010 standard until April 1 if you’re not ready to upgrade to 5010.

01/02/2012

HHL cordially thanks these industry leaders who shared their insights into the state of the home health industry in 2012 and beyond:

12/19/2011

Prepare for Medicaid billing delays if you operate in one of seven states who have announced they won’t be ready to meet CMS’ Jan. 1 deadline for using the new 5010 claim submission standard.

12/19/2011

Approach a bank for a line of credit now if your agency won’t be ready for the 5010 claim submission standard or if you need extra resources to tide you over.

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