Home Health Line
11/18/2013
Encourage your staff to take a new free online course to detect the potential for and avert workplace violence to avoid potential penalties for safety violations and workers’ compensation claims.
 
 
11/18/2013
The Joint Commission is emphasizing the importance of policies to protect private duty caregivers from smoking-related health and safety risks they might face in clients’ homes.
 
 
11/18/2013
Roughly 70% of the denials Medicare administrative contractor (MAC) Palmetto GBA issues are for face-to-face encounter requirements not met, new data show.
11/11/2013
CMS’ proposal to rebase home health care payments was a key discussion topic during the National Association for Home Care & Hospice’s (NAHC) annual meeting, which was held at National Harbor in Maryland, Oct. 31 through Nov. 3.
11/11/2013
Changes two Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) recently announced to ensure hospices provide care only to eligible patients could lead to more denials. Many of these changes will impact hospice patients in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs).
 
11/11/2013
Agencies that don’t have six months’ worth of operating cash on hand should secure a line of credit to prepare for reduced productivity, claims delays and denials on and after Oct. 1, 2014.
11/11/2013
Consider using — and if necessary, adding — a signature portal to your agency’s billing and patient records system and assign staff to remind physicians to sign orders and face-to-face forms quickly to prevent reimbursement delays.
 
11/11/2013
An agency must pay overtime if its per-visit compensation of clinicians covers the patient visit, charting, travel, preparation, telephone time and all related paperwork and the employee is eligible for overtime and works more than 40 hours in a work week. 
 
11/11/2013
11/11/2013
Claims delays and denials and reduced coder productivity are the top two concerns regarding the ICD-10 transitionamong the 218 respondents to the 2013 Home Health ICD-10 Readiness Fall Update.

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