Home Health Line
01/19/2009
Home Health Compare could display five patient-satisfaction measures as early as summer 2010, according to CMS. The measures are composed of one to six questions from the voluntary, 36-question Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) survey that CMS expects to launch this summer.
01/12/2009
One of the largest enforcement actions undertaken by the government against a home health pay-for-referrals scheme has resulted in federal indictment of six Detroit-area HHA owners and the former administrator
01/12/2009
Don’t just pass off CMS’s recently released coding guidance to your coding director. This is one coding issue you need to dig into, because the new guidance could disrupt your
01/12/2009
A new government study faults Medicare's private fee-for-service plans for failing to warn enrollees about out-of-pocket costs, and key Democratic lawmakers indicate the findings are another reason to slash the
01/12/2009
Don’t lose eligible patients because your clinicians make the mistake of deciding patients’ homebound status over the phone – and get it wrong.
01/12/2009
Don’t expect CMS to eliminate the “improvement in oral medications” from Home Health Compare anytime soon, despite an advisory board’s failure to recommend the outcome for public reporting.
01/12/2009
Say goodbye to 32,000 of the estimated 113,000 Medicare-certified suppliers of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies. CMS predicts they’ll be taking themselves out of the Medicare program, mostly
01/12/2009
Here’s how Ann Rambusch, director of home health education and training for DecisionHealth, analyzed the possible financial impact of CMS’s new OASIS Attachment D coding guidance. She shows the correct way to code a sample episode (and the resulting payment), based on the new guidance.
01/05/2009
The silver lining for some home health agencies in the storm tearing through the nation’s economy is the increase in job applications and reduction in recruitment costs.
01/05/2009
Harsh as the current recession is proving, it also has helped contract marketing rep Amelia Fulgham attract physician referrals for her client HHA’s new Grand Rapids, Mich., branch.

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