Home Health Line
07/25/2011
Expect the Medicaid face-to-face encounter requirement in your state to kick in soon – perhaps before the end of the year.
07/25/2011

Agency concerns over the use of new and revised G codes for nursing and therapy services have largely been overshadowed by the burden of the face-to-face and therapy requirements. But

07/25/2011

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is suing Johns Hopkins Home Care Group in Baltimore, Md. for employment discrimination. The EEOC alleges that the agency violated the Americans with Disabilities

07/25/2011

Use this checklist created by Thelma Bowen, CEO and owner of HealthCare Compliance Services in San Antonio, to audit claims before billing and ensure prompt payment.

07/25/2011
Home health agencies may need to become more mindful of the strategies they use to keep mileage costs down in the face of recent gas price fluctuations and ongoing Medicare
07/18/2011

The face-to-face encounter requirement has already proved burdensome for the operations of agencies across the country, but for several agencies in New England, it’s now impacting cash flow as well.

07/18/2011

Stymied by physician refusals to document face-to-face encounters, some agencies are risking criminal charges by writing the narrative explanation of why a patient is homebound and needs home care, which

07/18/2011

The National Association for Home Care & Hospice has presented CMS with a catalogue of agency experiences from 20 states showing the degree to which the face-to-face encounter requirement has limited

07/18/2011

Software shortfalls are making it harder for agencies to comply with a recent CMS clarification that all non-covered visits must be included on their claims.

07/18/2011

Home health copays are on the table for Democrats and Republicans negotiating an increase in the debt ceiling aimed at avoiding a first-ever U.S. default, a discussion outline released by

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