Home Health Line
03/30/2009
A new version of the Medicare home health conditions of participation (COPs) could require HHAs to assess their care quality and have formal performance-improvement plans.
03/30/2009
As CMS’s recovery audit contractors (RACs) gear up to look at home health claims data, agencies should take a few critical steps now to prevent thousands of dollars in possible
03/30/2009
Take your time when negotiating to purchase your agency’s wireless plan. You could end up with as much as a 25% discount on your final contract.
03/30/2009
The Employee Free Choice Act, which would make it easier for labor unions to negotiate wages, benefits and working conditions for workers, is stalled because a Republican senator whose vote
03/30/2009
CMS updates Home Health Compare. The percent of patients whose wounds improved or healed after an operation improved to 80% - up 1 percentage point - in the March Home Health Compare
03/30/2009
This Billing Operations Performance Dashboard, courtesy of Aaron Little of BKD Health Care Group, Springfield, Mo., shows users their average days on accounts/receivable, cash-flow and bad debt write-offs, and how that compares to their projected goals.
03/30/2009
Hospital-based agencies have a higher percentage of low-utilization payment adjustment (LUPA) episodes and higher costs – two of several factors that lower their profit margins compared with freestanding HHAs.

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