Home Health Line
05/23/2016
by: HHL’s Face-to-Face Impact Survey
Roughly 64% of respondents to HHL’s Face-to-Face Impact Survey who have participated in CMS’ “Probe and Educate” review say their agency received at least two denials. 
05/16/2016
Nearly 400 Medicare-certified home health agencies nationwide still have not notified the home health value-based purchasing help desk of their primary point of contact.
05/16/2016
A first look at ICD-10 data reveals subcategories involving wound care remain among the least profitable for home health.
05/16/2016
Steer clear of offering free administrative services that ordinarily would be the responsibility of hospital discharge planners.
05/16/2016
Remind physical therapists, occupational therapists and speech-language pathologists (SLPs) that M2250 (Plan of care synopsis) requires documentation of vital signs and other clinical findings.
05/16/2016
CMS has made final a Medicaid rule intended to encourage but not require the availability of home support services for beneficiaries enrolled in Medicaid managed care plans.
05/16/2016
If your inpatient hospice building is taller than 75 feet and doesn’t have automatic sprinkler systems, you’ll need to invest in them.
05/16/2016
A change request posted April 28 will implement an edit that immediately returns to hospices NOEs that don’t list a principal diagnosis.
05/16/2016
by: Seattle-based OCS HomeCare, now a part of ABILITY Network Inc.
I87- (Other disorders of veins) was the least profitable ICD-10 subcategory in the fourth quarter of 2015. Episodes involving I87- have an average cost of $2,738 and an average reimbursement of $2,910.
05/09/2016
It’s vital for home health agencies to arm marketers with data on rehospitalization rates and star ratings. Doing so will help your agency stand out when marketers meet with referral sources and discuss care quality.

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