Home Health Line
03/05/2018
During a Feb. 28 open door forum, CMS provided details about how the extension of 3% add-on payments for rural home health agencies will work.
03/05/2018
Following a recent DecisionHealth webinar about implementing a compliant performance improvement project (PIP) as part of a QAPI program, agencies asked questions of expert J’non Griffin, president of Home Health Solutions LLC in Carbon Hill, Ala. Here are some of her answers.
03/05/2018
Closely examine the nation’s new tax law and start crunching numbers with a tax professional to determine if your agency might be better off as a C corporation.
03/05/2018
Agencies are experiencing an uptick in claims reviews from auditing companies working for insurers offering Medicare Advantage (MA). And the number of MA claims reviewed is sure to become more plentiful in the coming years as MA itself continues expanding at a massive rate, industry experts say.
03/05/2018
The appointed head of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has apparently not affected OSHA’s investigations of health and safety hazards in the workplace.
03/05/2018
Ensure patients and their loved ones understand the efforts your hospice is taking to help with pain and constipation symptoms patients are suffering. 
03/05/2018
Hospice Compare’s location search field appears to function properly now — and that’s something industry experts contend will be extremely helpful for the website.
03/05/2018
by: CMS
With Hospice CAHPS data, the highest scoring composite — by far — involves treating patients with respect, according to the Feb. 21 refresh of Hospice Compare.

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