Home Health Line
05/20/2013
Home health agencies that had their request for anticipated payment (RAP) dollars suppressed by Palmetto GBA but later were reinstated will be eligible to resubmit the RAPs paid at $0 during the time they were suppressed, according to the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC).
 
05/20/2013
ConfiCare Home Health Solutions has used Cloud-based software for electronic medical records, billing and scheduling for about three years and has seen increased productivity and savings in terms of pure capital costs and maintenance.
 
05/20/2013
Some 42% of agencies had less than $50,000 to work with as they planned their IT spending for this year, including IT salaries and vendor fees.
05/20/2013
Question: Who gets hit with the 2% sequester reduction for Medicare Advantage (MA), my agency or the plans that refer patients to me?
 
05/20/2013
Agencies again are reporting issues with their outlier payments.
05/14/2013
Employers would be complying with health insurance requirements of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) if they offered employees a plan with a $3,500 combined medical and drug deductible and a $6,000 cap on workers’ out-of-pocket costs.
 
05/13/2013
Boston was a ghost town. Law enforcement was searching for suspects who had bombed the Boston Marathon. In the days following the explosions, nobody was allowed near the site. But Partners HealthCare at Home had patients to see and quick decisions to make that tested its emergency response.
 
05/13/2013
The HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) and the Justice Department both have an eye on hospices whose patients have long lengths of stay at the general inpatient (GIP) level of care, especially when GIP is provided in hospice inpatient units.
 
05/13/2013
Alleged False Claims Act violations by Vitas Hospice Services and its parent, Chemed Corp., caused Medicare to misspend “tens of millions of taxpayer dollars,” according to a complaint filed by the Justice Department May 3.
 
05/13/2013
Some home health agencies that recently had their request for anticipated payment (RAP) dollars suppressed by Medicare administrative contractor (MAC) Palmetto GBA will be immediately eligible for reinstatement.
 

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