Home Health Line
06/06/2016
Better check closely what physicians say in explaining why patients need to be recertified for an additional episode of home care — a requirement that Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) recently have begun to enforce.
06/06/2016
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) guidance about the expected threat to health care workers this summer from mosquitoes carrying the Zika virus is good reason for agencies and hospices to review their compliance with OSHA’s blood-borne pathogens standards, the U.S. Department of Labor suggests.
06/06/2016
Examine your processes when it comes to tracking physicians’ orders — and whether technology can help. Doing so as part of a deeper examination into its back office helped one agency achieve significant savings.
06/06/2016
Recording intake calls and using them as training tools can increase an agency’s lead conversion rates.
06/06/2016
Agencies must make sure to secure patient health information acquired through intake calls.
06/06/2016
A group of 116 House members have signed on to a letter asking CMS to reconsider its proposed demonstration for prior authorization for home health services.
06/06/2016
by: DecisionHealth’s Home Health Coders’ Productivity Survey
About 40% of coders chart six to 10 charts a day, according to the 158 respondents to a question on DecisionHealth’s Home Health Coders’ Productivity Survey. Respondents were told that if they have more than one job, they should consider only their full-time job when answering this question.
05/26/2016
Coders’ productivity seems to have kept pace through the implementation of ICD-10, but at what cost?

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