Home Health Line
08/23/2010

For six years, Central Maine Medical Center relied on an in-house committee comprised of hospitalists, cardiologists, nurse specialists, a pharmacist and a dietician to assure the best inpatient care for

08/23/2010

If more than 5% of your Medicare payments are from outliers, you could be at risk for an audit and possibly a hefty overpayment demand from a zone program integrity

08/23/2010

Recent CMS guidance to auditors could mean that illegible physician signatures on orders or other documentation might put agencies at risk for denials.

08/23/2010

The average per-hour cost for private pay home health aides has dropped 14.8% percent since 2008, according to a new national survey.

08/23/2010

CMS is developing a test of “care teams” to treat chronically ill Medicare beneficiaries at home.

08/23/2010

World Health Organization declares H1N1 pandemic over. The H1N1 virus “has largely run its course,” WHO Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan said Aug. 10. But in the “post-pandemic period,” the virus

08/23/2010

For one Pennsylvania VNA, the fact that its website comes up first in a Google.com search for home health agencies in Hanover, Pa., might be what earned it a referral

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