Home Health Line
07/19/2010

One quarter of agencies responding to a recent HHL survey say they have done nothing to prepare for the transition to ICD-10, despite the threat of claims rejections if they’re

07/12/2010

Suspicion that publicly held home health companies have been gaming the system to maximize their payments has aroused the interest of a federal investigative agency not usually involved in Medicare

07/12/2010

Many agencies make the mistake of waiting to audit their claims until the end of the episode. But that approach could put them at risk for delayed billing and payments.

07/12/2010

The savings experienced by home and community-based care won’t be enough to keep state Medicaid programs from floundering in the sea of unfunded costs in the not-too-distant future.

07/12/2010

Hospitals are increasingly requiring home health agencies to jump through hoops, such as filling out applications, to get their names on the list of available agencies given to patients when

07/12/2010

The latest word from CMS suggests there’s no guarantee that agencies won’t be asked to repay the money later if the referring physician wasn’t registered in the provider enrollment, chain

07/12/2010

President Barack Obama appoints new CMS administrator. Rather than waiting for Congress to return from recess to approve his nomination, President Barack Obama used a procedural move known as a

07/05/2010

Some good news for home health agencies: CMS won’t automatically reject your claims if referring physicians aren’t enrolled in the provider enrollment, chain and ownership system (PECOS).

07/05/2010

It shouldn’t be the agency’s responsibility to determine whether a patient had a face-to-face physician visit in the six months prior to home health.

07/05/2010

Home health agencies can expect more details about the ambiguous accountable care organizations (ACOs) in a proposed rule this fall.

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