Home Health Line
08/09/2010

A proposed 4.75% cut to Medicare home health payments may throw a wrench in plans for agencies anxious to sell this year to avoid looming hikes in the capital gains

08/09/2010

More than half of agencies will have to start conducting formal therapy re-assessments to comply with proposed therapy documentation requirements and prevent payment denials.

08/09/2010

Visiting Nurse and Hospice of Atlanta has teamed up with a local hospital to create a care transitions program, and the results are astounding.

08/09/2010

The 36-month rule largely remains an unsolved riddle, despite two CMS clarifications and the federal agency’s pending proposal to shrink its impact by exempting certain home health ownership arrangements.

08/09/2010

Legislation to reverse a 2007 Supreme Court decision that deemed companion caregivers ineligible for overtime pay by agencies and other third-party payers has been introduced in the House and Senate.

08/09/2010

New HHQI package focuses on fall prevention. The Home Health Quality Improvement Campaign’s newest best practice package includes guidelines from the newly released “American Geriatric Society, the British Geriatric Society

08/09/2010

As competition heats up and access to referral sources becomes more limited, agencies are honing in on sales skills to make the most of their time with referral sources.

08/02/2010

The pending changes in the PPS rule would not allow a referring physician from a hospital or skilled care facility to fulfill the new face-to-face visit requirement.

08/02/2010

Prepare to update your business-associate agreements to require partnering companies to comply with the HIPAA security rule, report breaches of patient information and have their own agreements with subcontractors.

08/02/2010

Patients with HIV, AIDS or certain psychiatric conditions may be excluded from CAHPS participation for agencies in certain states.

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