Home Health Line
07/04/2011

Changes to the hospice face-to-face encounter requirement included in CMS’ 2012 proposed hospice wage-index rule have won the approval of the two major hospice associations, but more changes are needed

07/04/2011

Comprehensive staff training on agency procedures and policies will help your agency navigate CMS’ revised survey protocols successfully.

07/04/2011
by: Thelma Bowen

Question: A patient is admitted to the hospital during a home health episode. The patient is discharged from home health, but unexpectedly returns after the hospital stay. Does this patient

07/04/2011

A Zone Program Integrity Contractor (ZPIC) soon could be knocking on your door for a pre-payment review if a new real-time claim analysis tool flags one of your claims as

07/04/2011

Do home health agencies need an exemption from the employee health coverage requirements of health care reform?

07/04/2011

Correction: In the June 27 issue of HHL, Brenda Klütz should have been identified as the former deputy director of the licensing and certification program at California’s Department of Health

07/04/2011
Three months into the enforcement of the face-to-face physician encounter requirement, a few agencies have developed strategies for achieving near-perfect compliance. But even for those agencies, an impact on referrals

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