Home Health Line
06/30/2008
CMS has waived or modified some OASIS requirements for agencies in parts of Indiana and Iowa where public health emergencies have been declared because of flooding, CMS said during its
06/30/2008
Increases in gasoline costs have prompted an IRS “special adjustment” to the government’s mileage reimbursement rate – upping it to 58.5 cents per mile from 50.5 cents per mile.
06/30/2008
Clinicians provided one to five therapy visits at a rate (18.3%) almost double what was predicted (9.3%), according to 2008 Q1 data from national benchmarking company Outcome Concept Systems in
06/23/2008
Don’t be too quick to dismiss non-compliant patients – despite the fact that by keeping them on service, your legal liability of caring for those patients increases enormously.
06/23/2008
HIPAA security standards aren’t the only rules to ensure electronic patient information, such as wound photos, stays confidential.
06/23/2008
With Medicare’s physician rates scheduled to drop 10.6% July 1, Congress is approaching a showdown on competing Democratic and Republican bills in the Senate to fix the problem – and the
06/23/2008
At South Coast Medical Center Home Care, clinicians and other staff who have been recognized for going above and beyond wear their hearts on their sleeves – or collars – for all
06/16/2008
A California HHA operator has learned the hard way that the 500% increase in Medicare reimbursement her agency rang up over a three-year period has caught the eye of federal
06/16/2008
Almost 75% of agencies use digital wound photos to improve outcomes, but the practice raises questions about how to protect patient information from theft and electronic interception.
06/16/2008
The new tracking requirement for non-routine supplies has motivated some agencies to lock their supplies closet – an extreme measure that reflects the dollars at stake under the 2008 PPS.

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