Home Health Line
01/02/2012

Agencies will feel the impact of PPS changes for 2012 in different ways, depending on their patient population, the amount of therapy provided per episode and other factors, industry experts say.

01/02/2012

Look for your profit margins to shrink further in 2012, as CMS is mulling substantial changes to the therapy benefit.

01/02/2012

Expect little help from CMS with face-to-face encounter burdens in 2012 – instead, brace yourself for another deterioration in your relationships with physicians.

01/02/2012

Treat 2012 as a preparation year to design and execute plans to transition to the ICD-10-CM code system.

01/02/2012

Expect to see the number and types of home health audits increase and affect your bottom line more than ever before in 2012.

01/02/2012

To prepare for increased compliance/audit activity in 2012, agencies should take the following actions:

01/02/2012

For the first time in an HHL trend issue, we offer you a look at how last year’s predictions turned out. The result: We mostly got it right.

01/02/2012

It’s official: You’ll be able to submit claims using the old 4010 standard until April 1 if you’re not ready to upgrade to 5010.

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