Home Health Line
06/11/2012

Polish your process for timely claim submission: The latest CMS audit will cost you your request for anticipated payment (RAP) dollars for episodes where there is no corresponding final claim in the system.

06/11/2012

Use regular performance reviews and modest bonuses to incentivize higher visit counts without sacrificing quality or draining your agency’s budget.

06/11/2012

Bellin Home Health increased its daily visit averages to 5.0 from 4.1 visits a day by incorporating productivity expectations into key aspects of the agency’s operations.

06/11/2012

Focus on therapists’ reassessment content to prevent medical review denials following the recent wave of additional documentation requests (ADRs).

06/11/2012

Require therapists to track their own visits to lighten the workload of managers and schedulers. 

06/11/2012

Don’t schedule additional therapy visits to make up for non-billable ones, CMS warns in a new set of therapy Q&As.

06/11/2012

Two VNAs have become the first home health agencies to be selected as lead providers in a program for non-homebound Medicare patients who are at risk for repeated hospital admissions and emergency room use.

06/11/2012

Hospice Family Care, Inc. in Phoenix, Ariz. will pay the government $3.7 million to resolve false claims allegations.

CMS will make comparative billing reports available to providers of home oxygen services.

06/11/2012

Compare your agency’s weights for the types of visits below to those assigned by other agencies.

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