Home Health Line
08/31/2015
Agencies remain confused about CMS’ requirement for physicians recertifying home health patients to estimate the frequency and duration of that patient’s service needs. That’s because CMS hasn’t said how it expects physicians to record that information.
 
 
08/31/2015
Consider assigning a biller to track how many days a patient has received hospice care and make sure CMS’ new payment calculations are correct come Jan. 1. This action could prevent thousands of dollars in miscalculations.
 
08/31/2015
Use the specialized skills of your agency’s physical therapists, including their knowledge of the intricacies of the musculoskeletal system and the differences between types of fractures, to help nurses and coders master the specific anatomy and pathophysiology that applies to fracture conditions.
 
 
08/31/2015
If your agency’s employees use their own mobile devices for transmission of protected health information (PHI), optimize the technology for security and usability.
 
 
08/31/2015
by: 2016 final hospice rule
CMS’ analysis of 2013 Fiscal Year claims data shows it’s common for hospices not to provide skilled nursing or social worker visits during the last week of hospice election for patients.
 
 
08/24/2015
CMS has posted what it hopes will be a final version for the proposed electronic clinical template it created for doctors to use when documenting face-to-face encounters.  
 
08/24/2015
Agencies should investigate whether hiring a secure text messaging company makes sense for them.
 
08/24/2015
CMS is directing Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) to instruct hospices to remove or omit from their claims certain oral anti-cancer and anti-emetic drugs until Jan. 1. Doing so will ensure claims are paid as opposed to being returned to provider (RTP’d) in error.
 
08/24/2015
As the home health industry continues to struggle with face-to-face documentation requirements, Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Palmetto GBA recently worked with five agencies to improve best practices related to face to face.
 
08/24/2015
CMS and the HHCAHPS Coordination Team are clarifying the protocol for how vendors should work with agencies administering HHCAHPS along with other surveys.
 

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