Home Health Line
02/01/2016
Hospices should educate doctors and discharge planners about two new CPT codes involving end-of-life discussions and planning with patients. Doing so could give doctors a bump in Medicare payments and hospices a bump in referrals.
02/01/2016
Hospices should educate doctors and discharge planners about two new CPT codes involving end-of-life discussions and planning with patients. Doing so could give doctors a bump in Medicare payments and hospices a bump in referrals.
02/01/2016
by: OCS HomeCare, Seattle, now part of ABILITY Network
Home health patients with AMI are rehospitalized within the first two weeks after the start of home health nearly 71% of the time, according to data from Seattle-based OCS HomeCare, now part of ABILITY Network. By comparison, patients with CHF are rehospitalized within the first two weeks 62.2% of the time.
02/01/2016
Task an administrative employee with calling each patient sometime within the first week of care and making sure patients are satisfied with your agency.
01/25/2016
Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Palmetto GBA has started issuing full denials on home health claims with a diagnosis of diabetes coded in either M1021 (Primary diagnosis) or M1023 (Other diagnoses) when there is no current HbA1c test result on file.
01/25/2016
New CMS data emphasize the importance of making every therapy visit count by adopting more efficient treatment plans and documentation processes.
01/25/2016
Document the exact reasons why a patient requires an outlier payment from CMS for frequent, routine care such as insulin shots or wound dressing changes. This will prevent your agency from losing thousands in payment denials.
01/25/2016
Mergers and acquisitions experts are bullish on the state of Medicare home health sales now and for the next several years.
01/25/2016
Highly favorable market conditions and a steady demand for home care acquisitions reported by industry experts mean it’s a great time to sell your home care business.
01/25/2016
Medicare Advantage plans may soon come under the scrutiny of recovery audit contractors (RACs), and industry experts contend that ultimately could hurt home health agencies’ bottom lines.

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