Home Health Line
12/19/2016
Educate patients who just underwent coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery that they need to take it easy and pace themselves when they come home from the hospital to avoid a readmission. Special care for CABG patients is something that hospital referral sources will pay more attention to now that their payment is linked to these diagnoses.
12/19/2016
Although home health coders report an increase in salaries year over year, the average salary for a coder seems to have leveled off after reaching an all-time high in 2015 as ICD-10 was about to take effect.
12/19/2016
If past performance is a fair guide, providers can expect post-payment reviews by Performant Recovery Inc., the new recovery audit contractor (RAC) for home health agencies and hospices, to be rigorous in assessing the correctness of Medicare reimbursement.
12/19/2016
The direction of major health care programs may be a step closer to course reversal after President-elect Donald Trump tabbed new leaders for two key federal posts.
12/19/2016
There are signs that the companionship rule, which requires private duty providers to pay their home support workers overtime, won’t survive for long under a Republican-controlled Congress and White House.
12/19/2016
A court ruling this month requires HHS to reduce the current backlog of cases awaiting a hearing at the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) level. This could reduce the wait time for resolution for home health agencies and other providers caught up in the backlog.
12/19/2016
Now that coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is among the payment penalty groups hospitals are graded on, it’s a great time to speak with hospitals about the kind of care your agency offers CABG patients that sets it apart.
12/15/2016
by: Decisionhealth's coder salary survey
The average salary for a coding supervisor is $70,000, while the average salary for a clinical supervisor is $75,000, accoridng to the 272 respondents to a question on DecisionHealth's coder salary survey.

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