Home Health Line
03/01/2010

Two years ago, Visiting Nurse Association of Staten Island Executive Vice President Audrey Penney noticed a trend: About two nurses a year missed work as the result of injuries suffered

03/01/2010

Improved communications technology allows clinicians to stay in the field longer – but that may have drawbacks.

03/01/2010

Claims with more than 20 therapy visits receiving incorrect payments. Regional home health intermediary Cahaba GBA reports a processing issue for claims with more than 20 therapy visits submitted on

02/22/2010
A U.S. District Court has exempted attorneys from the Federal Trade Commission’s Red Flags Rule, and that could pave the way for similar exemptions for health care providers.
02/22/2010

A recent court case involving a 67-year-old Vermont woman reinforces the importance of accurately reporting the facts about a patient’s homebound status.

02/22/2010

The back-to-back blizzards that buried Mid-Atlantic states in up to three feet of snow earlier this month demonstrated the value of home health emergency preparedness.

02/22/2010
The Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY) is testing the use of electronic risk-assessment forms uploaded on tablet computers as a way to improve medication management and reduce hospitalizations.
02/22/2010

As the recession continues to hit home health, agencies are forced to respond with measures that may be with them long after the economic storm passes.

02/22/2010
Compare your agency’s number of admissions with number of discharges each month, and you could uncover ways to improve patient care or increase referrals.
02/22/2010

CMS retires two point-of-origin codes. Two codes used on UB-04 claim forms in the “point of origin for admission or visit” field will no longer be used for dates of

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