Home Health Line
10/19/2009
The percentage of agencies using telehealth units continues to rise, but smaller HHAs are struggling to persuade patients to use them, new figures show.
10/19/2009
CMS posted new OASIS-C wound guidance Oct. 9 with instructions for answering case-mix questions that determine episode payments.
10/19/2009
Three agencies have earned a spot for four straight years among the top 100 agencies in the country based on clinical and financial outcomes.
10/19/2009
Agencies now have a new audit tool that guides them through the three primary areas that RACs likely will target when reviewing claims for incorrect payments.
10/19/2009
The Senate Finance Committee’s version of health care reform, which passed Oct. 13, holds some good news for agencies despite its call for bundled post-acute payments that could impact referrals.
10/19/2009
Agencies’ nurse liaisons in hospitals play an important role in improving care coordination and getting referrals. But agencies need to be careful that liaison nurses don’t overstep their boundaries and
10/19/2009
This one-page tool asks agencies to answer “yes, no or NA” indicating whether the agency gathered necessary documentation related to the orders, claims, visit notes and coding.

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