Home Health Line
11/23/2009
Although it can be costly, find ways to ensure your caregivers receive prehire physicals that include a Tuberculosis (TB) skin test, or risk liability down the road.
11/23/2009
Of the 10 most common primary diagnoses, patients with chronic skin ulcers (707) have the highest non-routine supplies add-on at $197.09, according to national benchmark vendor Outcome Concept Systems in
11/16/2009
A suit pending in a Little Rock, Ark., federal court offers further evidence that providers increasingly are using the False Claims Act against competitors – and one HHA versus another HHA
11/16/2009
Agencies that use nurses to manage unskilled caregivers will have to jump through an additional hoop or risk denials for claims submitted after Jan. 1.
11/16/2009
Improving clinician productivity may be as simple as changing who’s in charge.
11/16/2009
Agencies using PT/INR machines can decrease costs and improve productivity, but failure to document related physician communication could result in survey deficiencies.
11/16/2009
Regions of the country that have a high average number of therapy visits don’t necessarily have a high overall visit number, as you might suspect.
11/09/2009
In a rare change of mind, CMS has decided its anti-fraud efforts shouldn’t prohibit agencies from having a joint lease with another Medicare agency or DME supplier.
11/09/2009
Agencies now have some relief from their struggle to train clinicians on OASIS-C and CAHPS simultaneously by Jan. 1.
11/09/2009
HHAs could eliminate a nurse or physical therapist visit for the initial assessment if Congress approves a House amendment to override a CMS restriction against using occupational therapists to perform

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