Home Health Line
05/11/2015
For the first time in more than 30 years, CMS plans to significantly restructure the way it pays hospices to provide care.
 
05/11/2015
A requirement for agencies to obtain at least $50,000 in surety bond coverage — recently signed into law by President Barack Obama as part of the “doc-fix” legislation — would become a home health condition of participation if CMS decides to adopt a regulation to make that happen. 
 
05/11/2015
A recent cyberattack on a private duty agency should serve as a reminder to conduct regular system backups and take other steps to protect your agency from ransomware, a new trend in hacking.
 
05/11/2015
When gathering the proper documentation for injury codes in ICD-10 related to fractures, make sure intake and field clinicians obtain information about the timing of the encounter and whether it is open or closed to code the seventh character.
 
05/11/2015
by: HHL’s Home Health ICD-10 Readiness Survey
Nearly half of the respondents to HHL’s new ICD-10 preparedness say they already have identidied identified resources. And nearly half of respondents say they have created a project team, HHL’s Home Health ICD-10 Readiness Survey show. 
05/11/2015
Home health agencies now firmly believe that they must treat ICD-10 as a priority — and that the code set won’t be delayed again.
 

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