Home Health Line
05/17/2007
The switch to competitively set Medicare HME rates, now under way, could mean big changes for HHAs that offer referring physicians, hospitals and patients “one-stop” home health shopping that includes
05/17/2007
While treating enrollees of private fee-for-service plans is generally hassle-free, home health agencies are finding that getting paid by the plans can be anything but that. And thousands are signing
05/17/2007
Severity-based reimbursement for non-routine medical supplies, as proposed by CMS [HHL 5/7/07], in broad terms would mean bigger reimbursement for patients with the greatest care needs. And the five steps
05/17/2007
The toughest part of updating your IS systems to accommodate the recent PPS proposed changes won’t be the changes themselves – it’ll be the short timeframe in which you have to
05/17/2007
CMS has awarded $547 million in grants to 13 states and the District of Columbia over give years to create Medicaid long-term care programs designed to keep patients in their
05/17/2007
National Home Health Care Corp. has accepted a higher buyout offer from affiliates of Angelo Gordon & Co., according to the Associated Press. The cash offer is for $12.50 a share.
05/17/2007
Amedisys has agreed to acquire Dyna Care Health Ventures’ 11 home health agencies in Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Arizona and Texas. Amedisys of Baton Rouge, La., expects the deal to contribute
05/17/2007
Wizzard Software has bought a second home health care and staffing agency – Professional Nursing Personnel Pool in Billings, Mont. Wizzard completed the purchase of Interim Healthcare of Wyoming last year
05/17/2007
Sandata Technologies, an IT services provider to the home health care and social services community, and Dataline, an IT services company providing monitoring, billing and point of care solutions to

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