Home Health Line
05/23/2011

Your clinicians could face fines of hundreds of dollars and even jail time if they fail to follow proper procedure when a patient dies.

05/23/2011

Therapy administered by a physician during a home health episode will no longer count in favor of agencies when CMS rebases home health rates in 2014, as required under health

05/23/2011
The tool educates physicians on basic criteria for home health eligibility, such as homebound status and medical necessity for skilled services. CMS expects physicians to use those criteria in narratives on the face-to-face encounter documentation form.
05/16/2011

An error in CMS’ outlier cap calculation means many agencies ended up losing outlier payments they were entitled to, CMS announced in a May 6 transmittal.

05/16/2011

Several home health agencies have experienced dramatic improvements in compliance with face-to-face encounter documentation requirements by providing tools to help physicians understand criteria for homebound status.

05/16/2011

You don’t need to schedule an extra visit when one therapy discipline doesn’t see a multi-discipline patient between the 13th and 19th visit, CMS states in new therapy Q&As issued

05/16/2011

Accountable care organizations (ACOs) and care-transition programs promise an integrated effort by physicians, hospitals and post-acute providers to reduce costly hospital readmissions, but many home health agencies have successfully reduced

05/16/2011

An emerging threat can hurt your agency and your patients.

05/16/2011

New Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) rules effective May 24 mean that instead of going to court to determine whether an employee has a disability, employers must now seek to

05/16/2011

Home health agencies that want to participate in the Community-Based Care Transitions Program will have to wait until late August to learn what CMS is looking for in candidates.

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