Home Health Line
06/17/2013
The data illustrate the challenges home health agencies face as more and more accountable care organizations (ACOs) emerge across the country.
 
06/17/2013
A payment change for early hospital discharges to hospice advocated by the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) could lead to fewer and later hospice referrals. But whether or not the change happens, you can minimize the pain of late referrals by initiating or renegotiating contracts with local hospitals.
 
06/17/2013
Make sure your safe patient handling program is as effective as possible to prevent on-the-job injuries and resulting workers’ compensation claims or missed work hours.
 
06/17/2013
Follow this advice from Robert Markette, an attorney with Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman in Indianapolis, to reduce your agency’s liability risk in case a staff or patient injury does occur.
 
06/17/2013
CGS will become the second Medicare administrative contractor (MAC) to take an in-depth look at your agency’s face-to-face encounter documentation.
 
06/17/2013
The first ICD-10 grouper is expected to be released in February 2014.
06/17/2013
Give this worksheet to referring physicians to help them document transitional care management (TCM) services. The worksheet was created by the American Academy of Family Physicians.
06/17/2013
The American Academy of Family Physicians has compiled this listed of answers to frequently asked physician questions on transitional care management (TCM). Give this list to marketers to ensure they're prepared for physician questions.
06/10/2013
Nearly six months after the new M1024 rules took effect, confusion persists about if and when it’s appropriate or necessary to assign codes there, and agencies are feeling a financial pinch from case-mix points no longer available for resolved conditions.
 
06/10/2013
The latest data from OCS HomeCare show that agencies have done little to change what codes they assign to M1024, the diagnosis payment slot.
 

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