Home Health Line
10/19/2015
Agencies with any concerns about claims spanning Oct. 1 should reexamine what they’ve done prior to now. If agencies use the wrong code set, their bills will be denied outright.
10/19/2015
A new change request from CMS makes clear that doctors may initial and date amendments and delayed entries into medical documentation. Before doctors only had the option of signing and dating the information, but now they could either sign or initial.
10/19/2015
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts’ refusal to stay the Oct. 13 effective date of changes in the Labor Department’s companionship rule has greatly decreased the odds that the Court will ever decide against the requirement’s changes needing to occur.
10/19/2015
by: OCS HomeCare by National Research Corporation
Of the 9,118 agencies that had a star rating both in July and in October, slightly more than two-thirds maintained their star rating, data from Seattle-based OCS HomeCare by National Research Corporation show.
10/15/2015
by: Josh Poltilove
With a goal of advancing the delivery of high-quality and cost-effective Medicaid home-based care, a new national coalition of home care providers has formed to give agencies a voice.
10/15/2015
by: OCS HomeCare by National Research Corporation
Among home health agencies to earn stars in October, 62.2% earned 2.5, 3 or 3.5 stars, data from Seattle-based OCS HomeCare by National Research Corporation show.
10/12/2015
Even if you aren’t satisfied with your star rating, you can still be proactive to educate referral sources about what this new public rating means.
10/12/2015
A lawsuit the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently filed against a Texas home health agency should serve as a reminder to agencies that they must take steps to accommodate pregnant employees or they could face significant financial repercussions.
10/12/2015
Billing and clinical managers should report to administrators findings from your Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER) as a way of avoiding unnecessary denials.
10/12/2015
Watch your business neighbors for a heads up on when you should be looking at your cybersecurity measures — including whether you have been breached already and didn’t even know it.

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