Home Health Line
01/23/2012

Pressure from government auditors may lead to the revival of a three-state demonstration that could significantly reduce the financial burden on agencies of caring for dually eligible patients.

01/23/2012

Your agency may be able to offset the recent 2.31% CMS payment cuts by carefully analyzing the money you spend on outside vendors, such as banks and medical suppliers, and proactively keeping those costs as manageable as possible.

01/23/2012

It’s imperative to stay organized in your bookkeeping and regularly obtain competitive quotes to ensure that you are getting the best deal on your insurance.

01/23/2012

Keeping your hospice claims legal these days depends as much on appropriate discharges as on appropriate admissions.

01/23/2012

One more sign of the government’s focus on dubious hospice claims is the Justice Department’s decision to intervene in a whistleblower suit that accuses AseraCare Hospice of filing false Medicare claims.

01/23/2012

The unusual number of additional documentation requests (ADRs) sent to agencies billing to Palmetto are the result of new CMS funding for prepayment reviews.

01/23/2012

Appeal to accountable care organizations (ACOs) by using your outcomes to describe how your agency will benefit transitional care and the outcomes of other providers.

01/23/2012

While CMS deliberates the fate of the third-party liability sampling demonstration, agencies are stuck with the extra work involved in responding to state medical reviews.

01/23/2012

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) voted for a recommendation to increase hospice payments by 0.5% in 2013 at its Jan. 12 meeting.

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