Home Health Line
09/21/2009
Agencies can start testing their patient-satisfaction processes now that CMS has released the missing piece, a list of approved vendors.
09/21/2009
Providing a seasonal flu clinic to your local school district now could be valuable practice for potential H1N1 vaccination programs later this fall.
09/21/2009
CMS is alerting its payment contractors to be on the lookout for hospice claims errors. Its action follows an HHS Office of Inspector General study that found eight out of
09/21/2009
Agencies can go to CMS’s Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) website now to register for a login.
09/07/2009
Even those agencies that currently conduct patient-satisfaction surveys could have their work cut out for them with CMS’s new survey requirements.
09/07/2009
Agencies need to take steps now to improve patient-satisfaction scores so they’re ready when CMS publicly reports them.
09/07/2009
The threat of an H1N1 outbreak this fall has forced some agencies to start their seasonal flu vaccine clinics earlier.
09/07/2009
The government is likely to give H1N1 vaccines free of charge to providers who help immunize patients, according to new guidance released this week from CMS.
09/07/2009
You could lose $18,000 or more a year if you don’t have a color-coded map of your contract therapists’ designated territories.
09/07/2009
Two DME issues approved for RAC review. CMS has approved two DME issues that will be the focus of review by Connolly healthcare, recovery audit contractor for Region C. The

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