Home Health Line
03/19/2012

Prepare for longer wait times for reimbursement starting this fall and a possible 2% reduction in your market basket update next year because of new checks on OASIS submissions.

03/19/2012

Take steps now to improve responses to the individual questions that will drag down your patient-satisfaction measures on Home Health Compare.

03/19/2012

For the VNA of South Central Connecticut, improving patient satisfaction scores has been all about keeping up a constant stream of communication with staff about the survey.

03/19/2012

The recent indictment of the Dallas physician who allegedly masterminded some $374 million in Medicare and Medicaid fraud has caused serious aftershocks in the local home health market.

03/19/2012

Make sure your nurses are communicating with physicians on a regular basis, as well as properly documenting that communication, when you bill for skilled nursing code G0163 (observation and assessment).

03/19/2012

Expect stepped-up scrutiny of your claims by payment and fraud contractors following a new report by the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG).

03/19/2012

CMS has made changes to improve user-friendliness of the provider enrollment, chain and ownership system (PECOS).

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