Home Health Line
05/29/2017
One agency’s development and implementation of standardized care paths has helped it reduce patient rehospitalizations and increase revenue by allowing clinicians to take on more patients.
05/29/2017
A newly filed class action lawsuit potentially could help home health agencies that face payment suspension.
05/29/2017
Following a recent DecisionHealth webinar about how to pass CMS’ probe-and-educate review, agencies asked questions of Cheryl Adams, administrator of At-Home Health Care in Sparta, Ill. Adams’ agency was successful during Round 1 of CMS’ probe-and-educate review. And during Illinois’ pre-claim review, Adams’ agency has thus far achieved a 100% affirmation rate.
05/29/2017
A wave of ransomware attacks has hit hundreds of medical providers in Europe and Asia and may hit more in the United States. Protection is pretty straightforward, but it requires that you do the basics, not only in IT security but also in insuring your technological resources.
05/29/2017
Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act requires most providers with 15 or more employees to maintain a grievance policy to handle complaints alleging discrimination.
05/29/2017
CMS has delayed a new set of mandatory Medicare episode payment models for cardiac and orthopedic procedures until next year.
05/29/2017
by: CMS' Home Health Compare
Home health agencies have made drastic improvements in many Home Health Compare measures over the past five years. But the percentage of patients who needed urgent, unplanned care in the hospital emergency room without being admitted actually increased, a data analysis show.  And the nationwide score on the Home Health Compare item involving patients having to be admitted to the hospital has remained about the same.

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