Home Health Line
04/26/2012

The first batch of publicly reported Home Health Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HH-CAHPS) data gives agencies a solid “B” on patient satisfaction. 

04/26/2012

Use the data below to benchmark your agency’s first publicly reported patient satisfaction outcomes against those achieved by the top-performing 20% of agencies nationwide.

04/26/2012

It could be very costly for agencies to provide services before the 30 day grace-period CMS allows for a late face-to-face encounter. 

04/26/2012

CMS has a new idea for reforming the hospital wage index, but worries the change could result in inaccurate home health rates.

 

04/26/2012

Data collection for the mandatory hospice quality reporting program doesn’t start until Oct. 1, but if you start preparing now, you’ll be able to compile data more easily this fall.

04/26/2012

Most agencies will put expenditures for ICD-10 staff training on the back burner following HHS’ proposed delay, but you can use the extra time to begin asking referral sources for more specific documentation to make the transition when it does arrive.

 

04/26/2012

CMS also has released the formula it used to adjust the publicly reported patient satisfaction scores for differences in individual agencies’ patient populations.

04/26/2012

Home health claim denials for services referred by non-enrolled physicians could begin as soon as late June.

04/26/2012

One year into the face-to-face encounter requirement, improper documentation still is a significant problem for agencies. 

04/26/2012

You can help physicians fill out the face-to-face form correctly on the first try by giving them this simple tool. 

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