Home Health Line
01/06/2014
Home health experts predict that coding productivity and cash flow will suffer on Oct. 1 when CMS starts sending back incorrectly coded claims and issuing denials based on a lack of documentation.
 
01/06/2014
Although home health agencies received significant CMS auditor scrutiny in 2013, many experts predict agencies will face even more in 2014 — partly because of confusing CMS guidance related to management and evaluation (M&E).
 
01/06/2014
Home health agencies that wish to participate in an ACO should investigate the potential financial risks of joining one or any fees they may have to pay after becoming an ACO’s preferred provider.
 
01/06/2014
Hospices will have to invest more money and anticipate decreased productivity due to a host of new and changing regulations in 2014.
 
01/06/2014
Payment cuts provided in the PPS final rule will lead to a decrease in the number of Medicare home health agencies over the next few years, financial experts say.
 
01/06/2014
Agencies’ use of iPads or other tablets as point of care (POC) devices will continue to increase in 2014, and software vendors will become more capable of handling the technology, experts predict.
01/06/2014
 
Many agencies plan to spend more money on OASIS training in 2014 than they spent in 2013. About 85% of the 172 respondents to HHL’s 2014 trends survey plan to spend more on ICD-10 preparation in 2014 than they had in 2013.
 

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