Home Health Line
04/13/2015
Make sure your agency has a process in place to ensure therapists closely examine specific patient information such as whether an orthopedic surgeon performed an anterior or posterior hip replacement surgery, to help them gain a complete view of a patient’s range of motion or weight-bearing restrictions.
 
04/13/2015
Have your agency’s marketers or liaisons ask contacts at hospital orthopedic departments about bathing and pain management for patients who’ve had hip or knee replacements.
 
04/13/2015
Many hospices have been slammed with thousands of dollars in lost revenue as a direct result of the Oct. 1 requirement that Medicare contractors must receive hospice patients’ notices of election (NOE) within the first five days for hospices to get paid for those days.
 
04/13/2015
CMS is seeking the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) approval for the ICD-10 version of the OASIS-C1 form.
 
04/13/2015
CMS and its contractors are working with the Fiscal Intermediary Standard System (FISS) to resolve an issue causing more than 1,300 home health claims and adjustments to have possibly been denied improperly.
 
04/13/2015
by: National Research Corporation
The data below show the average readmission rates within 30 days of home health admission for the five diagnoses that trigger hospital readmission penalties.
 
04/06/2015
Check twice before paying overpayment demand letters issued for denials in the wake of the nationwide face-to-face claims review from supplemental medical review contractor (SMRC) StrategicHealthSolutions LLC.
 
04/06/2015
Hold frequent case conferences to improve coordination of patient care and lessen the chances your agency will receive a standard-level deficiency for G0143 (Coordination of patient services) during state surveys.
 
04/06/2015
With a requirement for home health agencies to have surety bonds almost certain at this point, agency owners with personal credit ratings marred by tax liens, consistently late car loan payments or other negatives should start right now to undertake a credit cleanup. 
 
04/06/2015
Ask agency caregivers on a daily or weekly basis about their family life, what they do to relieve stress outside of work or how they’re handling a client’s debilitating disease or recent death.
 

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