Home Health Line
03/14/2016
by: OCS HomeCare, now a part of the ABILITY Network
Z47 (Orthopedic aftercare) was the most commonly used ICD-10 subcategory in the fourth quarter of 2015. That’s according to an OCS HomeCare analysis of assessments conducted by more than 1,800 provider locations nationwide.
03/14/2016
Keep an eye out for issues arising since CMS changed its payment structure for hospices this year. Contact your Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) if you see payments your hospice receives are incorrect.
03/14/2016
by: Barbara Dale
The following Stage 2 pressure ulcer protocol example can be used in your formulary to treat these wounds.
03/14/2016
Use this tool to help guide your code choice when deciding between codes for aftercare or injuries.
03/10/2016
Make sure your coders are aware that they shouldn’t assign symptom codes like M62.81 (Muscle weakness (generalized)) for a joint replacement patient. If they do, your agency could be wasting valuable space with an unnecessary code.
03/07/2016
The results of HHL’s latest ICD-10 survey show most agencies struggled — and continue to struggle — from decreased coder productivity since Oct. 1, 2015.
03/07/2016
Is 100% prior authorization by a Medicare Administrative Contractor an efficient way to control home health fraud? CMS intends to find out through a demonstration that initially would affect all home health claims submitted in Florida, Texas, Illinois, Michigan and Massachusetts.
03/07/2016
Make sure your agency’s employee safety protocols include scope of practice provisions that clearly delineate clinicians and aides can’t move large numbers of boxes with unknown objects inside when they come across a patient with a hoarding disorder.
03/07/2016
Some aspects of the 2016 final hospice payments rule, which took effect Jan. 1, are crystal clear. But there also are questions about the final rule that have hospice administrators scratching their heads.
03/07/2016
Because HIPAA doesn’t provide a private right of action, agencies can’t use the law to sue hackers or rogue employees who access electronic patient data. However, agencies may have more ammunition to fight back: suing the perpetrator of the access or misuse for violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA).

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