Home Health Line
05/30/2011

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) warned agencies May 18 about some features of electronic health records that could endanger your business and lead to False Claims Act violations.

05/30/2011

Sending a single text message to your entire field staff or an entire discipline will shave time from your daily schedule and help ensure your messages are promptly delivered without

05/30/2011

Home health agencies already threatened with more intensive CMS surveys and possible termination when they fail to meet standards most closely associated with high quality care would get a break

05/30/2011

CMS will hold a national version 5010 testing day on June 15, but Medicare providers should watch for communication about other testing opportunities from their fiscal intermediaries even before that

05/30/2011

Implement targeted measures to prevent rehospitalizations for at-risk patients after 60 days of home health service. OASIS assessments from 2010 show the average transfer from home health to hospitals does

05/23/2011

If you have not taken steps to offset the impact of this year’s roughly 5% Medicare reimbursement rate cut, then let significant first quarter earnings declines reported by three of

05/23/2011

CMS has proposed a rule that would slow, if not stymie, cuts in Medicaid payments to home health agencies, physicians and other providers that are intended to reduce state budget

05/23/2011

A handful of common billing errors are causing delayed payments for home health agencies. Productivity also suffers, as staff spend hours going through returned claims to correct them, New England’s

05/23/2011

When you bill Medicare home health for a patient who receives hospice services elsewhere, you must make sure the home health treatment is not related to the patient’s terminal diagnosis.

05/23/2011
The proposed accountable care organization (ACO) rule from CMS has come under heavy criticism from the American Hospital Association and 10 large multispecialty groups, including the Mayo Clinic (HHL 4/11/11).

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