Home Health Line
02/21/2011

Agencies will have more information to prepare for state surveys and avoid deficiencies with revised guidance that CMS sent to state survey agencies Feb. 11.

02/21/2011

Agencies received good news in President Barack Obama’s fiscal 2012 budget in that it doesn’t include the home health copays and accelerated rebasing that the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)

02/21/2011

Hospitalists can perform face-to-face encounters and certify patients for home health and then transfer patients to community physicians to sign plans of care, CMS clarified in an update to its

02/21/2011

Your nurses are starting to become familiar with the definition of CMS’ new G codes, but now it’s time to make sure that visit documentation supports use of the codes.

02/21/2011

CMS will increase the amount of information that state surveyors gather from agency staff interviews, but agencies will know many of the questions in advance.

02/21/2011

Organize your administrative staff to make sure nurses aren’t performing clerical functions, and you could save $12,000 a year.

02/21/2011

Give your nurses this quick test to see where they need more training about new and revised G codes.

02/21/2011

Some home health agencies are putting a new twist on care plan oversight (CPO) education, using it as a tool to encourage compliance with the face-to-face physician encounter requirements.

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