Home Health Line
03/20/2008
When it comes to the 2008 PPS changes, timing is everything – which means it’s essential to answer M0110 (episode timing) accurately.
03/20/2008
A service utilization tool, such as the one below, can help your agency predict the correct number of therapy visits and provide the documentation needed to support the therapy visits your agency already has done, says Ann Rambusch, creator of the tool and consultant with Rambusch3 Consulting in Round Rock, Texas.
03/20/2008
As the therapy shortage worsens and the need for effective therapy programs increases, agencies must find ways to shorten the time it takes to recruit talented therapists.
03/13/2008
Despite PPS uncertainties, the appetite of growth-minded home health companies and their financial backers for HHA purchases remains sharp, especially in locales with large concentrations of retirees.
03/13/2008
Keep track of payments for late-episode claims after Jan. 1, because the reimbursements might be hundreds of dollars different than they should be.
03/13/2008
Contract with nurses at an off-site call center to monitor your telehealth patients, and save your own nurses the time it would take them to make those checks.
03/13/2008
Allow your case managers to work alternative schedules and you may be able to recruit faster, retain longer and even cut back on overtime.
03/13/2008
Forty-three percent of the 218 respondents to HHL’s recent technology survey cited the upfront investment as their biggest reservation for not using telehealth. [See related story, p. 5, for tips
03/07/2008
No one can say the home health industry hasn't fought hard over the years to prevent a Medicare co-pay. Yet, despite the industry’s apparent success on Capitol Hill, home health
03/07/2008
CMS has ended the confusion over how to answer M0826 (therapy need) when doing a resumption-ofcare OASIS. In a nutshell, a second therapy estimate generally isn’t needed for such episodes,

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