Home Health Line
03/23/2015
For the first time since CMS revamped face-to-face requirements by eliminating the need for a physician narrative, it has provided agencies with a step-by-step process to gather documentation and avoid denials. However, agencies remain confused about what CMS wants their role to be in contributing information to supplement physician notes.
 
03/23/2015
The home health industry is just beginning to feel the effects of civil monetary penalties — a new punishment following state surveys that could potentially have devastating impacts on non-compliant agencies.
 
03/23/2015
Effective use of your agency’s Facebook page — using advertising strategies such as boosting posts — can help significantly with recruiting new employees.
 
03/23/2015
The House Ways and Means Committee has endorsed a bipartisan bill that would require agencies to obtain a minimum of $50,000 in surety bond coverage, similar to surety bonds that have been required of home medical equipment (HME) suppliers since 2009.
 
03/23/2015
A recent CMS transmittal to Medicare administrative contractors (MACs) provides yet another indication that ICD-10 is coming and agencies need to prepare or else. 
 
03/23/2015
The Medicare profit margins enjoyed by home health agencies continue to justify a process of rebasing payments, starting with a 4-percent reduction in payments, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) concludes in its latest annual report to Congress on Medicare reimbursement.
 
03/23/2015
by: CMS
The most common condition-level deficiencies continue to involve acceptance of patients, plan of care and medical supervision. G0156 remained the most common deficiency in 2014, followed by G0122 (Organization, services and administration).
 
03/23/2015
by: CMS
CMS recently released the following scenarios as a way agencies could gather documentation from physicians to justify face-to-face requirements.

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