Home Health Line
07/25/2011

A coalition of the home health industry’s major stakeholders is asking Congress to forgo a home health copayment and instead consider payment reforms and other changes that would save Medicare

07/25/2011

One more reason to ensure medical record privacy rules are crystal clear to staff: A Gentiva home health agency employee who took home a dozen folders of patients’ paper medical

07/25/2011

Recent expansions of HHS’ and the Department of Justice’s joint Medicare fraud strike force are bearing fruit, if a recent flurry of indictments and guilty pleas related to fraud schemes

07/25/2011
Expect the Medicaid face-to-face encounter requirement in your state to kick in soon – perhaps before the end of the year.
07/25/2011

Agency concerns over the use of new and revised G codes for nursing and therapy services have largely been overshadowed by the burden of the face-to-face and therapy requirements. But

07/25/2011

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is suing Johns Hopkins Home Care Group in Baltimore, Md. for employment discrimination. The EEOC alleges that the agency violated the Americans with Disabilities

07/25/2011

Use this checklist created by Thelma Bowen, CEO and owner of HealthCare Compliance Services in San Antonio, to audit claims before billing and ensure prompt payment.

07/25/2011
Home health agencies may need to become more mindful of the strategies they use to keep mileage costs down in the face of recent gas price fluctuations and ongoing Medicare

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