Home Health Line
03/21/2011

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) is urging Congress to establish a home health copay. But the differences in the proposal this time could make a copay more politically palatable.

03/21/2011

Home health, physician and hospital associations and beneficiary groups have joined with members of Congress in an effort to convince CMS to delay the face-to-face physician encounter requirement until at

03/21/2011

New York state agencies soon could be forced to reduce or drop their Medicaid services as a result of a recent budget proposal by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

03/21/2011

Agencies that receive full-episode payments for anemia patients must clearly document that code choice to avoid possible overpayments for those profitable cases.

03/21/2011

HHS must pay home health agencies and hospices financial incentives for using electronic health records if that technology is going to improve care transitions.

03/21/2011
by: Megan Gustafson

Don’t stop marketing to assisted living facilities (ALFs), especially in today’s lackluster economy, because they’re proving to still be a valuable source of referrals and revenue, say private duty veterans.

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