Home Health Line
07/01/2013
Some Pennsylvania agencies have received word from referring hospitals that their marketers no longer will be welcome for meetings with discharge planners unless they satisfy the hospital’s vendor credentialing requirements.
 
 
07/01/2013
New CMS guidance on Medicare coverage for patients with little or no improvement potential is expected later this year, but many agencies are even now getting ready to provide services to such patients, including skilled management and evaluation (M&E).
 
 
07/01/2013
Home health quality measures for readmissions soon could line up more closely with those used by hospitals.
 
 
07/01/2013
As part of a recent review, Medicare administrative contractor Palmetto GBA evaluated the medical necessity of claims with HIPPS codes 2CGK* and 1BGP*. 
07/01/2013
 
Many home health agencies are budgeting less than $5,000 for their overall transition to ICD-10, illustrating experts’ concerns that agencies are underestimating the cost of the coding switch.
06/27/2013
CMS’ proposed 2014 PPS rule implements sweeping payment revisions and provides a glimpse of what case mix could look like under ICD-10.
 
06/25/2013
The chairmen and ranking minority members of the House Ways & Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee recently sent this letter to the National Association for Home Care & Hospice and other organizations with a stake in post-acute care. The letter asks for suggestions as to the best design for bundled post-acute payments.
06/25/2013
CMS has published its first draft of the OASIS-C1 form, a revision of the patient assessment instrument designed to accommodate ICD-10 codes.
 
06/24/2013
You’ll have to include HIPPS codes on claims filed with Medicare Advantage plans starting July 1 or face claims rejections. The financial impact could be significant, considering agencies and software vendors have received little notice of the new requirement.
06/24/2013
Don’t limit education on transitional care management (TCM) codes to your referring physicians. Instead, contact physicians’ office and billing managers directly to get in the door and grow referrals.
 
 

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