Home Health Line
07/06/2009
Legislation just signed by Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (R) undercuts the nation’s first ban against payments and favors to physicians to win referrals.
07/06/2009
Agencies could be required to pay their aides overtime and the minimum wage if the Labor Department agrees with lawmakers’ requests to drop the current labor standards exemption for aides.
07/06/2009
Double-check all faxes coming from your RHHIs. They may be fakes.
07/06/2009
Recovery Audit Contractors’ computerized reviews might already have started in certain states, and more complex reviews will be coming soon, according to a newly released phase-in strategy for RAC reviews.
07/06/2009
The Justice Department announced indictments June 26 of eight individuals and two affiliated Miami HHAs for a $22 million fraud scheme that has contributed to the outlier problem.
07/06/2009
CMS will post a revised OASIS-C document along with the OASIS-C data specifications for vendors on July 6.
07/06/2009
The average length of hospice service varies by location, from as short as about two weeks to more than three months, according to fourth quarter 2008 data from Outcome Concept

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