Home Health Line
01/05/2015
Many agencies plan to shift roles internally and educate physicians in order to prepare for the changing face-to-face requirements and to prevent future denials.
 
01/05/2015
The results are in: home health agencies nationwide believe the scheduled implementation of ICD-10 — more than payment cuts, Medicare audits or face-to-face changes — will have the biggest impact on home health operations and financials in 2015.
 
01/05/2015
Agencies will receive extensive, ongoing training this year for OASIS-C1/ICD-9, which took effect Jan. 1.
 
01/05/2015
What it will take to satisfy the quality assurance performance improvement (QAPI) provisions of the proposed home health CoPs is becoming apparent to Medicare-certified agencies. Compared with CMS’ estimate of a relatively mild economic impact, the news isn’t good.
 
01/05/2015
The home health industry saw a significant uptick in merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in 2014. While the valuations of larger agencies remained high, the bifurcated market showing low valuations of mom-and-pop agencies is likely to continue into 2015.
 
01/05/2015
Many agencies plan on taking advantage of the latest and greatest in technology trends, such as mobile telehealth, to meet growing challenges faced by the industry.
 
01/05/2015
Nearly two-thirds of the 280 respondents to HHL’s 2015 Trends Survey expect an uptick in additional documentation requests (ADRs) and denials in 2015.
 
01/05/2015
Nearly 61% of agencies received five or fewer denials in 2014 based on the face-to-face encounter requirement, according to the 280 respondents to HHL’s 2015 Trends Survey. But 6.5% of agencies received more than 50 denials last year.
 
01/05/2015
About 74% of agencies plan to spend more money on ICD-10 preparation in 2015 than they did in 2014, according to the 280 respondents to HHL’s 2015 Trends Survey. About 52% of agencies plan to spend more on training on the Medicare conditions of participation (CoPs).
 
01/05/2015
More than 68% of agencies will spend more on education and training in 2015 than they did in 2014, according to the 280 respondents to HHL's 2015 Trends Survey. Only 29% of agencies will spend more on recruitment and hiring.

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