Home Health Line
12/21/2015
Your agency should receive the results of the regular audits your coding outsourcer performs on your records, and you should be entitled to whatever information you desire about how your records are being coded, whenever you want it.
12/21/2015
Consider purchasing a software service that will aid you in monitoring requirements under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), such as whether employees are considered full-time equivalents and if they’ve received your company’s offers for health insurance.
12/21/2015
by: HHL's 2016 Trends Survey
Nearly 34% of the 122 respondents to a question on HHL’s 2016 Trends Survey say their agency received one to five denials from Medicare contractors in 2015 based on the face-to-face encounter requirement for episodes beginning Jan. 1, 2015.
12/21/2015
by: CMS
The following data for the top 5 HHRGs by highest number of episodes and payment, respectively, in 2013 was released by CMS in December 2015.
12/21/2015
by: OCS HomeCare, now a part of the ABILITY Network
Only 28 agencies nationwide achieved HomeCare Elite Top 100 status while also earning five stars in the July 2015 release of Home Health Compare, according to OCS HomeCare, now a part of the ABILITY Network
12/21/2015
View the full list of SCIO responses to agency questions and concerns.
12/21/2015
12/21/2015
The following are the areas included in the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model for hospitals:
12/21/2015
by: Trish Twombly
Recent communication with the Coding Clinic has partially clarified guidance published in the first quarter 2016 issue of AHA Coding Clinic on page 11. According to the latest clarification, the subterm “with” in the index should be interpreted as a link between diabetes and ANY of those conditions indented under the word “with.”
12/21/2015
Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) plan to provide agencies with a checklist to use when submitting documentation for the upcoming pre-claim review demonstration affecting five states.

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