Home Health Line
10/17/2011

California providers might be facing a Supreme Court majority that won’t support their pending challenge of Medi-Cal rate cuts, if comments from the bench during Oct. 3 oral arguments on

10/17/2011

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is sending its proposal for a $150-per-episode copay to Congress as part of new recommendations on how to replace the sustainable growth-rate (SGR) formula for

10/10/2011

Expect your therapy documentation to face increased scrutiny from outside auditors now that a new Senate Finance Committee report reveals evidence that the three largest home health companies scheduled unnecessary

10/10/2011

LHC Group’s agreement to pay $65 million to settle charges of improper claims to Medicare and other federal health programs adds to the smudges on the industry’s image from an

10/10/2011

The patient satisfaction surveys CMS is requiring for home health have become a nightmare for some 1,300 home health agencies so far.

10/10/2011

The list of denial reasons related to face-to-face encounters continues to grow and for the first time, agencies are receiving denials stating that physician narratives don’t support homebound status or

10/10/2011

Ask almost anyone attending the National Association for Home Care & Hospice’s (NAHC) 30th Annual Meeting & Exposition what’s keeping the industry up at night and you’re likely to hear: Payment cuts

10/10/2011

Defeating a home health copay currently under consideration in Washington, D.C. is now the chief mission of home health advocates. Industry lobbyists are pushing Congress to consider accelerated rate rebasing

10/03/2011

Several healthcare trade associations are lobbying Congress to include a bill that would allow non-physician practitioners to sign off on home health services – including face-to-face encounters – in the deficit reduction

10/03/2011

The Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act, a health care reform initiative that could add 600,000 disabled Medicaid beneficiaries to agencies’ patient census, may not survive the current

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