Home Health Line
06/26/2017
It’s too early to tell how the many items post-acute providers are testing as a result of the IMPACT Act will be finalized — and what items might be removed from the OASIS to avoid duplicative questions.
06/26/2017
by: DecisionHealth
Is your agency’s back office adequately equipped to efficiently process Medicare and other claims? Melinda Gaboury, CEO of Healthcare Provider Solutions in Nashville, Tenn., offers the following guidance to help agencies with billing.
06/26/2017
The importance of online reviews continues to grow for potential home care customers — and as a result, it has become increasingly important for agencies to manage their reputation online.
06/26/2017
During a June 20 MLN Connects call, CMS outlined several incentives for home health agencies and other providers to participate in a national test of IMPACT Act measures, CMS outlined several incentives for providers to participate.
06/26/2017
Six of the top eight consumer marketing sources/methods involve the internet, according to the 2017 Home Care Pulse Private Duty Benchmarking Study. The survey had about 600 respondents.
06/26/2017
A new bill filed in the U.S. House would require CMS to consider a patient’s entire record — including the home health agency’s medical record — when determining whether a patient is eligible to receive home health care.
06/21/2017
Following a recent DecisionHealth webinar about how to prepare for CMS’ revised Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs), agencies asked questions of home health consultant J’non Griffin, president of Home Health Solutions, LLC in Carbon Hill, Ala. Here are some of Griffin’s answers.
06/21/2017
by: HHQI
Use this tool to sketch out your performance improvement plan as part of your QAPI project.
06/19/2017
Starting Oct. 1, 2017, you’ll be able to capture the severity of non-pressure chronic ulcers that have penetrated muscle and bone tissue but haven’t caused necrosis, thanks to the addition of 72 new codes in the L97.- (Non-pressure chronic ulcer of lower limb, not elsewhere classified) and L98.- categories (Other disorders of skin and subcutaneous tissue, not elsewhere classified).
06/19/2017
Due to system errors as a result of the new hospice payment structure, CMS is asking all hospices to take it upon themselves to identify claims in which they were overpaid since January 2016 — and pay the federal Medicare agency back.

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