Home Health Line
04/14/2014
If comments on the emergency preparedness rule CMS proposed in December are correct, many home health agencies are facing compliance costs they can’t afford.
 
 
04/14/2014
The stakes have been raised for home health agencies that experience repeat CMS survey deficiencies, both standard and condition-level. Beginning July 1, surveyors will be able to penalize agencies as much as thousands of dollars a day for repeat deficiencies.
 
 
04/14/2014
The most common standard-level deficiencies involve care-plan problems. G0158 remained the most common deficiency in 2013, followed by G0159.
 
 
04/14/2014
Providing sample narratives that physicians can adapt or simply learn from has helped CHRISTUS HomeCare in San Antonio reduce claims denials.
 
 
04/14/2014
Create a local business listing on Google Places to move your agency up in search results, and make it easier for referral sources and client families to find your agency first.
 
 
04/10/2014
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), which repeatedly has recommended to Congress steeper reimbursement cuts for home health, is ready to consider whether reimbursement should be changed altogether to a bundled payment. Under such a model, already being tested by CMS, home health would share payments with other providers such as hospitals and physician groups.
 
 
04/07/2014
Agencies that were struggling to prepare for ICD-10 by Oct. 1 may be relieved over the at-least-one-year reprieve they were given on April 1, but this move may cost them more in the long run.
 
 
04/07/2014
The at-least-year-long delay in the implementation of ICD-10 gives agencies more time to focus on gathering proper, detailed documentation from referral sources. This will improve patient care and help your agency avert denials.
04/07/2014
Submit your OASIS data electronically to your state agency on time, make sure it was received and review validation reports for errors.
 
 
04/07/2014
CMS is considering changes in the way Medicare and Medicaid agencies perform criminal background checks that could improve accuracy, save them money and speed up the process considerably. Pilot tests 25 states now are conducting, or planning to conduct, with funding provided by CMS’ national background check program (NBCP) may be clues to what lies ahead.
 
 

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