Home Health Line
12/03/2012
Some provisions of the final 2013 PPS rule are already in effect for episodes that will end in 2013, but therapy provisions of the rule won’t kick in until episodes that start on or after Jan. 1.
 
12/03/2012
The data below show that the percentage of episodes with multiple therapy disciplines varies widely by agency.
 
12/03/2012
A new report from the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) means agencies likely will see CMS and its contractors participate more actively in administrative law judge (ALJ) hearings in an attempt to uphold denials. However, experts believe the ALJs’ traditional independence from HHS could work in providers’ favor.
 
12/03/2012
How’s this for a home health nurse’s work day?
 
12/03/2012
Start getting ready immediately when a hurricane is headed for your area.
 
12/03/2012
The recent proposed CMS settlement has been hailed by some observers as a chance for agencies to provide more maintenance therapy– but if you want those claims reimbursed, you still have to document the service appropriately.
 
12/03/2012
While new therapy provisions in the final 2013 PPS rule allow agencies to bill for a late reassessment visit, CMS instead will no longer cover the visit on which the reassessment should have been conducted.
 
12/03/2012
The latest Grouper update confers case-mix status to several neoplasm codes in the 173.xx range.

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