Home Health Line
04/22/2021
Most agencies have policies in place for responding when patients are at risk of suicide, but guidance on what to do if the suicide risk relates to the caregivers is harder to find, raising questions among agency staff about how to respond.
04/22/2021
Unpaid adult caregivers in the U.S. reported disproportionately worse mental health outcomes, increased substance use and elevated suicidal ideation.
04/22/2021
Employers required to report equal employment opportunity data can begin submitting their reports for 2019 and 2020 on April 26.
04/22/2021
Be sure to accurately assign and document complication and symptom codes, many of which drive reimbursement, to avoid third-party scrutiny or loss of potential reimbursement.
04/15/2021
CMS is proposing significant changes to hospice requirements, impacting payment rates, conditions of participation (CoPs) and public reporting.
04/15/2021
This is a list of the top denial reason codes for home health claims submitted to Palmetto GBA from January through March 2020. There were a total of 1,966 claims denied for 32X bill type, Palmetto states.
04/15/2021
One of the top reasons for payment denials following medical reviews is not due to errors made during an episode of care. It relates to agencies not responding to an additional documentation request (ADR).
04/15/2021
CMS has started the process to recoup $106 billion in COVID-19 accelerated and advance payments through a reduction in Medicare reimbursement, beginning with some claims March 30.
04/15/2021
Just because your Care Compare reports have been temporarily frozen does not mean you can stop thinking about quality measures and star ratings, experts warn.
04/15/2021
Given the events of the past year, what are the security trends we should be sure to highlight during our HIPAA training session?

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