Home Health Line
05/07/2012

Get ready to remind your referring physicians about enrollment in the provider enrollment, chain and ownership system (PECOS) or face denials.

05/07/2012

Make sure your agency knows how to navigate the appeals process when you get a denial due to improper physician documentation on the face-to-face form. A successful appeal could mean the difference between thousands of dollars you lose or keep.

05/07/2012

If a therapy patient experiences a sudden change in condition that makes it impossible to meet the 30-day reassessment deadline, the reassessment can be delayed if you get a physician order to stop therapy, CMS says.

05/07/2012

Make sure your contracts with therapy staffing companies include provisions on timely reassessments and compliant documentation.

05/07/2012

Home health agencies, hospices and associations worry that a recent CMS proposed rule, if finalized, would result in massive overpayment demands and could eliminate the option of using the direct data entry system to remedy routine payment errors.

05/07/2012

The federal government will make more money available for states to fund home- and community-based services (HCBS), CMS announced in two separate regulations published May 1.

05/07/2012

So what to do if you’re already stuck in a contract that isn’t working and want to look elsewhere?

05/07/2012

Compare your agency’s visit numbers per HHRG score to those among agencies nationwide. 

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