Home Health Line
06/01/2015
The growing number of denials Medicare administrative contractor (MAC) Palmetto GBA issued last quarter involving episodes with 20 or more therapy visits illustrates the need for agencies to educate quality managers about proper therapy documentation and standards.
 
06/01/2015
The number of home health agencies and hospices sold in the final quarter of 2014 dipped to 27 from 40 in the same quarter the previous year. And the slide continued in the first three months of 2015 — 21 home health and hospice providers were sold, down from 35 a year earlier
 
06/01/2015
If SEC-required financial statements of four publicly held home health companies are an accurate guide, overall industry profit margins shrank dramatically between 2010 and 2014.
 
06/01/2015
To ensure agencies understand the new patient certification requirements outlined in the 2015 PPS final rule, CMS has decided to conduct pre-payment reviews of claims for episodes beginning on or after Aug. 1, 2015.
 
06/01/2015
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) is seeking to alter the method CMS intends to use in rating home health agency quality of care.
 
06/01/2015
The predicted expansion of the private duty market has caught the attention of the technology sector. And several new online options will likely become a source of competition for traditional private duty agencies.
 
06/01/2015
Almost 40% of hospices have had records returned for incorrect coding since Oct. 1, 2014, according to the results of a recent DecisionHealth Hospice Coding Survey of 131 hospice coders.
 
06/01/2015
CMS has decided to continue recognizing The Joint Commission as a national accrediting organization for hospices.
 
06/01/2015
by: Palmetto GBA
Among the 2,145 home health claims Medicare administrative contractor Palmetto GBA denied from January through March 2015, the top denial reason involves 5CHG3 — medical review HIPPS code change due to partial denial of therapy. 
 

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