Home Health Line
06/03/2013
Check your average number of visits per episode at least quarterly. Doing so can help you keep episode costs down while still providing quality care and removing a key red flag for auditors.
 
06/03/2013
The data show the average number of visits per episode in each of the CMS regions. New England and other Northeastern states have the highest number of visits, with more than 18 per episode.
06/03/2013
CMS has adopted an exception to its previous blanket ban on stamped signatures.
06/03/2013
The table shows what percentage of agencies surveyed in fiscal 2010 and 2011 were cited at the condition level.
 
06/03/2013
The table shows the average number of visits per episode for each state and U.S. territory. The national average stands at 18.31, but averages by state vary widely – from 12.65 in Oregon to 27.89 in Utah.
 
05/28/2013
Click "download file" to view the judge's opinion in the Resource Home Health Services wage-and-hour case.
05/23/2013
CMS is implementing a new exception to its previous blanket ban on stamped signatures, effective June 18.
05/20/2013
A new advisory bulletin from the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) spells out more clearly what the government expects you to do to avoid billing for services provided or ordered by excluded individuals. Billing for such services is subject to penalties of up to $10,000 per item or service furnished by the excluded individual, plus three times that amount in damages and loss of your Medicare certification.
 
05/20/2013
Start formulating your training and implementation plan for the Hospice Item Set (HIS) now that CMS has published a draft version of the assessment forms it wants you to complete for patients admitted on or after July 1, 2014. Even with thorough preparation for the HIS, you might face years of productivity loss as clinicians and office staff learn how to best collect and input the data, experts warn.
 
05/20/2013
The admission version of the Hospice Item Set (HIS) is broken down into the following six sections.
 

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