Home Health Line
03/08/2010

Home health agencies take note: Lost and stolen laptops and portable electronic devices figure prominently in a recently released HHS list of patient-information breaches affecting more than 500 patients.

03/08/2010

A recent court case that cost one New Hampshire hospital more than $33,000 underscores the importance of home health agencies checking the Office of Inspector General’s exclusion list before they

03/08/2010
Imagine using technology that would allow you to monitor patients through webcams and motion sensors that detect when patients are in danger or have fallen, for instance.
03/08/2010
The most recent Medicare Payment Advisory Commission report to Congress is a generous dose of bad news for the home health industry.
03/08/2010

For one agency, successfully implementing its software program meant re-interviewing its clinicians to determine computer skills and proficiency.

03/08/2010

CPO rates could be delayed until the end of March. Physicians’ care plan oversight (CPO), certification and recertification rates for 2010 now could be delayed until March 31 or even

03/08/2010
Agencies need to turn their attention to CMS’s new patient-satisfaction survey or risk losing future inflation updates.
03/01/2010
The CMS rule that bars even minor changes in HHA ownership within 36 months of Medicare certification or purchase is confirming fears that it will stymie ordinary arrangements between agency
03/01/2010

Increased competition in the hospice market is prompting some home health agencies to hire marketers to focus solely on generating hospice referrals.

03/01/2010

CMS efforts to tighten its recovery audit contractor (RAC) program procedures mean a greater likelihood of government action against any Medicare fraud that a RAC uncovers.

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