Home Health Line
11/25/2013
Ensure your documentation supports ongoing treatment of long-term chronic conditions — auditors are still honing in on this area.
11/25/2013
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is delaying from November 15 to April 14, 2014, implementation of the rule will decrease the payment methodology for agencies and hospices that haven’t negotiated rates with the VA.
11/25/2013
Therapists’ salaries are up and so are retention rates.
11/25/2013
Turnover rates are on the decline for occupational physical and speech therapists.
11/25/2013
Provide physicians’ practices with detailed face-to-face examples of narratives they can write to justify patients’ homebound status and need for home health services in the form of templates or by alerting them to a web-based tool that walks them through it.
 
11/25/2013
Attract qualified caregivers by making it easier for them to view job descriptions and submit brief, initial job applications using their cell phones or other mobile devices.
 
11/25/2013
For the second time, CMS has delayed an edit to reject Medicare Advantage (MA) plan claims that do not have a HIPPS code for home health services, according to the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC).
11/25/2013
by: Josh Poltilove
Medicare administrative contractor Palmetto GBA’s most recent review of the medical ncecessity of claims with HIPPS codes 2CGK and 1BGP indicates the extent of the issues agencies are having with face-to-face documentation.

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