Home Health Line
02/23/2009
This financial calculator helps First Choice Home Care and Hospice in Orem, Utah, determine the financial impact of each patient prior to admission. The calculator creates a specific financial score (bottom left) between -10 (20% loss) to 0 (break-even) to +10 (20% profit).
02/16/2009
Are the VNA of Florida in Stuart and the annual Visiting Nurse Association Air Show, also in Stuart, actually “two separate entities?”
02/16/2009
An emerging technology could improve communication among your clinicians, between your agency and its clients and among your executive team. It also could shave hours each week you and your
02/16/2009
Many home health agencies and hospices now can expect CMS’s permanent recovery audit contractors to begin checking their paid claims for possible errors on March 1, or well after the
02/16/2009
When it comes to dually eligible patients, a substantial number of claims for home health services are being paid by Medicaid and Medicare when only Medicare should have paid.
02/16/2009
As tough economic times force agencies to find creative ways to ease the burden of skilled nursing facilities and other referral sources, attorneys suggest ways to avoid violating the anti-kickback
02/16/2009
Agencies could reduce low-utilization payment adjustments (LUPAs) by evaluating patients with a primary diagnosis of atherosclerosis, one of the 10 diagnoses with the highest LUPA rates.
02/09/2009
The recession has prompted some agencies to create new financial incentives for referrals.
02/09/2009
Home health agencies are starting to see more addition documentation requests (ADRs) and focused medical reviews by their intermediaries for suspected improper therapy use.
02/09/2009
When it comes to educating therapists about the financial impact of the visits they make, agencies are torn over how much detail to provide.

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