Home Health Line
12/12/2019
With the price clients pay for homemaker and home health aide services going up, agencies should look for ways to stand out in the crowd and clearly communicate any price increases.
12/12/2019
Set goals and objectives for the use of Facebook and create strong content to reap the benefits of increasing referrals, networking opportunities and becoming an influencer in the community.
12/12/2019
An extensive manual change concerning enrollment deactivations suggests that CMS is trying to make it easier for providers to avoid the hassle of accidental removal from Medicare — but you still have to know and follow the rules.
12/12/2019
Employee embezzlement is rampant in health care. It can also be very difficult to prevent.
12/12/2019
Expect to see changes in how your Medicare payments are audited. CMS has tweaked its recovery audit program to hold the recovery audit contractors (RACs) more accountable and reduce provider burdens.
12/12/2019
The cost of home health aide services increased 4.55% in 2019, according to the 2019 Genworth Cost of Care study. The rise in cost is part of an ongoing trend in year-over-year increase for home care.
12/04/2019
Avoid significantly changing therapy utilization as soon as the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) takes effect or risk CMS scrutiny.
12/04/2019
Muscle weakness is one of the most commonly seen and assigned primary diagnosis codes in home health.
12/04/2019
A sweeping new Medicare enrollment final rule with comment period will eventually require all providers and suppliers to report even modest relationships with other entities whose debts, exclusions, revocations and suspensions may affect you.
12/04/2019
A new proposed rule from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) intends to clarify that employers who pay nonexempt workers bonuses or other incentive-based pay in addition to a fixed salary can use the fluctuating workweek (FWW) method of paying overtime as a way to keep costs down as long as other requirements for using the method are met.

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