Home Health Line
02/22/2007
Keep hospice standing orders short and simple, advises Amy Purple, director of hospice services at Hackley Visiting Nurse Services and Hospice in Muskegon, Mich.
02/22/2007
Stop performing pre-billing audits to avoid the top billing error for home health: Having no processed request for anticipated payment (RAP) by the time the final claim is submitted for
02/22/2007
Annual growth in Medicare payments to freestanding home health agencies and hospices combined slowed to 10.6% in 2006, according the government's latest health spending projections, released Feb. 21. However, that
02/22/2007
Don't base pay-for-performance bonuses on outcomes that home health agencies can't control.
02/22/2007
There’s no end in sight to bullish times for home health, according to the latest health care spending projections by CMS actuaries. As released Feb. 21, the CMS estimates make
02/22/2007
Correction: The average Medicare reimbursement per patient for home health agencies in Washington, D.C. is $3,689. The Jan. 22 issue of HHL (p. 7) incorrectly reported it.
02/22/2007
The second of two Michigan brothers accused by the government of pre-PPS Medicare fraud is facing up to 30 months of prison time. Iftakhar Kahn has pleaded guilty to including

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