Home Health Line
05/04/2015
Make sure your agency is not leaving potentially thousands of dollars on the table by not billing for a therapy-only evaluation on Medicare claims.
 
05/04/2015
Home health agencies were affected more by face-to-face requirement changes than any other change within the 2015 PPS final rule, according to the 279 respondents to HHL’s Final Rule Impact Survey. About 54% of agencies said it was their top issue. 
 
04/27/2015
To offset case-mix losses from the 2015 final PPS rule, agencies should work to improve outcomes by providing higher quality nursing and therapy visits that in turn lead to more referrals.
 
04/27/2015
In terms of attracting patients and partnerships with a local hospital system, telehealth was crucial to the success of THA Group, a full-service home health agency in Savannah, Ga.
 
04/27/2015
Agencies should secure a line of credit if they know they won’t have at least six months of operating cash on hand to protect themselves from reduced productivity, claims delays and denials once ICD-10 is implemented.
 
04/27/2015
If your agency is losing money from case-mix changes in the final 2015 PPS rule, what should your first step be in counteracting the losses?
 
04/27/2015
CMS has significantly changed the templates it’s proposing for doctors to use when documenting face-to-face encounters.
 
04/27/2015
An April 16 hearing by the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee confirmed member interest in bundled payments for home health and other post-acute providers.
 
04/27/2015
Either way the U.S. Court of Appeals for Washington, D.C., rules on the legality of the Labor Department’s companionship rule, the battle will likely continue.
 
04/27/2015
More than half of the agencies whose case-mix weight has decreased following the 2015 PPS Final Rule have seen a decrease of between $101 and $300.

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