Home Health Line
05/23/2011

If you have not taken steps to offset the impact of this year’s roughly 5% Medicare reimbursement rate cut, then let significant first quarter earnings declines reported by three of

05/23/2011

CMS has proposed a rule that would slow, if not stymie, cuts in Medicaid payments to home health agencies, physicians and other providers that are intended to reduce state budget

05/23/2011

A handful of common billing errors are causing delayed payments for home health agencies. Productivity also suffers, as staff spend hours going through returned claims to correct them, New England’s

05/23/2011

When you bill Medicare home health for a patient who receives hospice services elsewhere, you must make sure the home health treatment is not related to the patient’s terminal diagnosis.

05/23/2011
The proposed accountable care organization (ACO) rule from CMS has come under heavy criticism from the American Hospital Association and 10 large multispecialty groups, including the Mayo Clinic (HHL 4/11/11).
05/23/2011

Your clinicians could face fines of hundreds of dollars and even jail time if they fail to follow proper procedure when a patient dies.

05/23/2011

Therapy administered by a physician during a home health episode will no longer count in favor of agencies when CMS rebases home health rates in 2014, as required under health

05/23/2011
The tool educates physicians on basic criteria for home health eligibility, such as homebound status and medical necessity for skilled services. CMS expects physicians to use those criteria in narratives on the face-to-face encounter documentation form.

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