Home Health Line
08/26/2013
Identify all digital equipment that prints, copies or stores protected patient information and ensure that the data are erased from these devices on a regular basis.
08/26/2013
Westminster, Md.-based Carroll Home Care uses Mileage Advisor, a McKesson product that pulls data for patients including the address, time of visit and nurse, says Diane Link, the agency’s director.
08/26/2013
Home health agencies are not required to negotiate a business associate agreement with company that provides janitorial services, nor does the building owner who contracts for those services on behalf of tenants.
 
08/26/2013
More than one quarter of the 136 respondents in HHL’s 2013 Productivity Survey say employees at their agencies drive on average between 5,000 and 10,000 miles a year.
08/26/2013
Home health agencies that pay their nurses per visit plus extra pay aren’t exempt from minimum wage and overtime requirements, a federal judge ruled recently in a lawsuit brought by nurses working for Gentiva Health Services.
08/19/2013
Hospices will receive a 1% increase in Medicare payments in 2014. But they’ll also be required to comply with new ICD-9 coding changes, the adoption of a new patient satisfaction survey and a standardized quality assessment instrument.
08/19/2013
When appealing a denial due to a lack of detail provided on a face-to-face form, have the physician write a letter with the missing supporting information.
Riverside Home Health Care in Kankakee, Ill., used that approach when appealing a $2,800 denial, says Peggy Regas, the agency’s financial manager.
 
08/19/2013
Home health managers can set the bar high when it comes to recruiting new nurses. That’s thanks to a greater supply of qualified nurses who are entering the market.
08/19/2013
Pinterest, a social media site that is often thought of as a place for sharing recipes, planning events or getting craft ideas, is gaining popularity as a tool for agencies to attract referrals.
08/19/2013
Physicians soon will have a simple way to make surrogates responsible for filing and amending the information about themselves demanded by PECOS (Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System).

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