Home Health Line
03/02/2009
Oakwood Home Care increased its referrals from thoracic surgeons at its parent hospital to 80% of its surgeon’s patients from 10% in one year by stressing the agency’s specialty programs
03/02/2009
Social networking sites have enabled agencies to get business from high school friends, partner with competitors and provide education to thousands of potential clients with the click of a mouse.
03/02/2009
No surprise: The government disagrees with National Association for Home Care & Hospice arguments for halting the case mix-related reductions in Medicare’s 2009 and 2010 home health payments.
03/02/2009
Home health agencies that recruit marketers from other industries could benefit from the recession and recent layoffs, which have left quality marketers without jobs.
02/23/2009
Starting March 1 in many states, recovery audit contractors for the first time will be seeking patient records from home health agencies and hospices as the RACs’ hunt for Medicare
02/23/2009
First Choice Home Health & Hospice analyzes all patients that come through the door to determine their profitability potential and establish a balanced patient mix.
02/23/2009
The participants who phoned in to CMS’s Feb. 18 “open door” forum expecting to get clarifications on the latest PPS coding guidance were disappointed.
02/23/2009
One thing to feel good about in the economic stimulus bill just signed by President Barack Obama: Home health agencies are eligible for some of the $2 billion the legislation
02/23/2009
Out-of-pocket payments for home care services grew 3% from 2006 to 2007, even though total health care spending growth decelerated in 2007, increasing 6.1% compared to 6.7% in 2006, according
02/23/2009
Recruitment and retention rates may be at an all-time high, but few HHA execs have the skills to tease out the absolute best employees from the flood of new applicants.

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