Home Health Line
11/05/2012
Demonstrate that the care you provide to assisted living facility (ALF) patients doesn’t duplicate services provided by ALF staff to prevent overpayment demands from zone program integrity contractors (ZPICs).
 
11/05/2012
Some hospices are turning to contract nurses to staff on-call hours, even though contracting for on-call services violates a long-established Medicare rule.
 
11/05/2012
As home health margins continue to shrink, investing in a hospice can be one way to grow your business – if you do your due diligence to prevent previous owners’ mistakes from catching up with you and costing you up to $11,000 per day in false claims penalties.
 
11/05/2012
There is another way to lower risk when you acquire a potentially troubled hospice: Make it an asset purchase.
 
11/05/2012
Assess the home environment for fire hazards and conduct basic patient education on fire risks to prevent patient harm and reduce your agency’s liability risk in case of fire.
 
11/05/2012
Patients in Medicare Advantage (MA) plans are less likely to be hospitalized than patients on traditional Medicare, but MA beneficiaries tend to do worse on key outcomes such as surgical wound improvement, bathing and ambulation.
 
11/05/2012
You won’t need to file a separate 855A enrollment application for a new location in another state if a set of five specific conditions is met, CMS says in a transmittal dated Oct. 19.
11/05/2012
Medicare administrative contractor (MAC) NGS has published examples of acceptable and unacceptable face-to-face encounter documentation.
11/05/2012
Use this tool to ensure care you provide in an assisted living facility (ALF) isn’t duplicated by any services the facility is able to provide. This can help you defend yourself in case of a zone program integrity contractor (ZPIC) audit. The tool was created by Arlene Maxim, founder of A.D. Maxim & Associates in Troy, Mich.
 
11/05/2012
Use this tool created by Covenant Hospice in Pensacola, Fla. to help volunteers manage on-call duties at your hospice and to track their performance.
 

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