Home Health Line
02/24/2014
If your agency is stuck in the more than two-and-a-half-year backlog of Medicare claim denials awaiting administrative law judge (ALJ) decisions, a Feb. 12 “forum” on the problem conducted by the Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals (OMHA) offered no hope for an early solution.
02/24/2014
Documentation that justifies skilled care and homebound status is your best defense against the increase in face-to-face denials that are sweeping the home health industry. Here are some tips to foolproof your documentation.
02/24/2014
Educate coders and intake staff to make sure they recognize whether the patient’s condition is chronic rather than acute. The condition may have been acute until the patient received treatment at a hospital.
 
02/24/2014
The prospect of facing up to 14% in Medicare cuts over the next few years may force many small to mid-sized independent home health agencies to decide whether to try to survive the cuts, sell or even close.
02/24/2014
This is a list of some of the most common codes and the average episode payment among the 170 codes dropped from case-mix status starting in January, according to data from Seattle-based OCS HomeCare.
02/24/2014
 Working with community-based organizations to recruit and hire employees who speak languages other than English will help you create a workforce that provides better care to an increasingly diverse population.

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