Home Health Line
02/28/2011

Do home health patients need a second option when they have complaints about the quality of care agencies have provided?

02/28/2011

The government’s expanding campaign to prosecute Medicare fraud in Florida, Texas, Michigan and elsewhere seems to have chilled once-common demands by Miami-area physicians to get paid for their home health

02/28/2011

Agencies billing requests for anticipated payment (RAPs) with a “through” date more than 12 months ago are getting those RAPs returned for not meeting new timely filing requirements. And that’s

02/28/2011

A recent home care fraud prosecution could result in fewer payments for private duty agencies serving Medicaid patients with severe mental or physical disabilities.

02/28/2011

A recent review of home health claims by Cahaba GBA showed that many claims still incorrectly include stamped dates or no dates at all, resulting in claims denials.

02/28/2011

Something as simple as an abbreviation for physical therapist on a home health advance beneficiary notice (HHABN) can render the form invalid and leave an agency stuck with financial liability

02/28/2011

Pending bill could remove form 1099 requirement. The threat that agencies and other businesses would have to report purchases of goods or services in excess of $600 to the IRS

02/28/2011

Fact: Physicians get one in five care plan oversight (CPO) claims denied. And, home health agencies that educate physicians on how to secure those payments can reap the rewards of

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