Home Health Line
02/26/2015
by: Home Care Pulse
The median billing rate for a one-to two-hour visit from a private duty agency was $25 an hour in 2013, while the median billing rate for visits running from 12 to 24 hours was $20 an hour.
02/25/2015
About 81% of claims received during CMS’ first-ever ICD-10 end-to-end testing week were found acceptable by Medicare contractors, CMS announced Feb. 25.
 
 
02/23/2015
After hearing industry feedback, CMS plans to continue modifying a proposed clinical template for doctors to use when documenting face-to-face encounters. An updated version of the template is expected within weeks, the federal Medicare agency announced during a Feb. 11 open door forum.
 
02/23/2015
CMS has been vigorous in helping providers, support vendors and clearinghouses to prepare for the Oct. 1, 2015, transition to the 10th revision of the international classification of diseases (ICD-10), the General Accountability Office (GAO) finds. But some affected entities remain apprehensive about their readiness, GAO says in a recent report to the Senate Finance Committee on ICD-10 readiness.
 
02/23/2015
Reduce the staff utilization costs associated with treating expensive wounds and improve wound outcomes by undertaking a quality assurance performance improvement (QAPI) project that involves a wound specialist who monitors outcomes data and trains agency staff on how to use supplies more efficiently.
 
02/23/2015
Agencies still have room for improvement when it comes to management of oral medication for patients with late effects of cerebrovascular disease.
 
02/23/2015
With the projected proliferation of baby boomers expected to live alone, private duty companies may want to consider adding personal emergency response systems (PERS) to their array of client offerings. 
 
02/23/2015
by: National Research Corporation
An analysis of home health patients with late effects of cerebrovascular disease shows that a greater percentage showed improvement in 14 quality measures when receiving therapy.
 
02/16/2015
Whether Medicare savings at the expense of home health will be used to offset the budgetary cost of replacing the flawed sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula for setting physician rates is a question that may not be answered quickly.
 
02/16/2015
Agencies preparing for ICD-10 should reexamine their data security policies — and make sure to address those policies with staff. Doing so could help agencies prevent a significant and costly data breach, or at least lessen chances that one will occur.
 

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