Home Health Line
03/07/2008
Stay on the right side of anti-kickback laws when renting space from assisted living facilities by charging fees for extra services.
03/07/2008
Consider creating a matrix of your key performance indicators, including “increase new episodes” and “increase case-mix weight,” as a way to quickly track progress toward your agency’s goals.
03/07/2008
02/28/2008
My agency worked hard last fall to get ready for the PPS changes. But were we really prepared?
02/28/2008
Teach referral sources how to care for patients of various cultures and you could double your referrals.
02/28/2008
Don’t let your agency be paralyzed when you lose a member of your management team to a long stint of jury duty or a tragic event, such as unexpected death.
02/28/2008
You could experience payment delays of $300 for some patients due to a glitch that’s causing all claims with service dates of Jan. 1 or after to be paid as
02/28/2008
This benchmark lists 30 OASIS items that are worth case-mix points in the 2008 PPS and shows the percentage of 2007 episodes in which these factors occurred, according to a
02/21/2008
Medicare's program safeguard contractor for Florida has taken an unprecedented step against suspected home health fraud in Miami-Dade County: Automatic claim denials for HHAs there that exceed three aide visits
02/21/2008
Despite recent attention from the Medicare Finance Committee, the forecast for relief from your Medicare Advantage payment perils remains cloudy.

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