Home Health Line
07/29/2013
Physicians soon may be able to get Medicare payments for long-term oversight of patients with two or more chronic illnesses.
 
 
07/29/2013
A new False Claims Act suit against a South Florida home health agency indicates the Justice Department’s reliance on home health employees to uncover possible Medicare fraud continues to grow.
07/29/2013
Remind clinicians that one of the keys to correctly answering M1308 (Number of unhealed pressure ulcers) and ensuring correct case-mix points is knowing whether there’s a true scab or avascular tissue such as slough or eschar. CMS provided ongoing clarification to this item in its quarterly, released July 17.
 
 
07/29/2013
Recent announcements by Medicare and major private insurers indicate the movement toward accountable care organizations (ACOs) is gaining momentum across the health care industry.
 
 
07/29/2013
The rapid growth in accountable care organizations (ACOs) is changing the role of home health quality managers and the types of data that they collect.
 
 
07/29/2013
DecisionHealth has compiled a quick-reference table for you to compare your Home Health Compare scores to the past
two CMS updates.
 

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