Home Health Line
04/08/2013
CMS will no longer require you to apply a modifier to visits not ordered by the certifying physician for episodes starting on or after July 1.
 
04/08/2013
Agencies are reporting that family caregivers increasingly ask them for long-term care for their loved ones, citing the recent class action settlement to end the improvement standard in Medicare. Make sure your field staff are prepared for those conversations to protect your agency from legal action for discrimination or abandonment.
 
04/08/2013
Make sure your clinicians have all the information they need to compile a comprehensive, up-to-date clinical record for each patient. Citations for G236 remain among the most common CMS survey deficiencies and they could trigger hefty penalties thanks to the final 2013 PPS rule.
 
04/08/2013
The list of CMS’ most frequently cited standards looks much like it did last year, with two plan of care-related standards among the top three.
 
04/08/2013
More and more family caregivers are asking your agency to communicate with them via email. What’s more, you have to be sure electronic personal health information (ePHI) remains protected when you communicate with employees in the field.
 
04/08/2013
The ICD-10 transition doesn’t just affect your coders. Take the time now to analyze how the coding change will impact other parts of your agency, such as clinical operations and billing, to ensure you’re prepared for a financial hit that could last for months after Oct. 1, 2014.
 
04/08/2013
Fewer than one in five agencies have appointed ICD-10 transition teams, according to a recent survey with 156 respondents conducted by the Board of Medical Specialty Coding & Compliance (BMSC), a division of DecisionHealth in Gaithersburg, Md.
 

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