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.
 

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