Home Health Line
02/15/2010

Medicare Advantage copays are down sharply, with only 12% of Medicare plans requiring copays in 2010 compared with 35% in 2008.

02/15/2010

The recovery audit contractors (RACs) haven’t posted issues for home health or hospice yet, but two areas of RAC review for durable medical equipment (DME) companies could affect those providers.

02/15/2010

Home health agencies involved in joint-venture agreements with hospitals or nursing homes need to take extra steps to ensure the partnerships are legal.

02/15/2010

In December, Pennsylvania became the second state, after Illinois, to implement private duty licensing laws that hold registries and full-employment agencies to the same standards.

02/15/2010

When AT Home Care’s nurses are overdue to renew their nursing credentials, the agency’s software changes the clinicians’ names into red font and prevents schedulers from assigning cases to those

02/15/2010
This tool is designed to help home health agencies “shop for” and choose a vendor from CMS’s list of more than 30 approved Home Health Consumer Assessment for Healthcare Providers
02/15/2010

CMS changes limits of how much documentation RACs can request. Starting in April, recovery audit contractors (RACs) will be allowed to request up to 300 records per 45 days for

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