Home Health Line
05/06/2013
Several conditions of participation saw significant increases in citations this year, including G202 (Home health aide services) and G242 (Evaluation of the agency’s program).
 
05/06/2013
Expect hospitals to become even more interested in how you can help them reduce readmissions: CMS’ proposed rule for inpatient payments in fiscal 2014 would double the payment reduction hospitals receive when certain patients return within 30 days.
 
04/29/2013
Prepare for more record requests from recovery auditors (RACs): Starting in 2014, a new RAC will focus its attention exclusively on home health, hospice and durable medical equipment providers.
 
04/29/2013
You can still consider a resumption of care timely and answer “yes” on M2250 (Plan of care synopsis) even if you find out about a hospital discharge more than two days after it happened. That’s good news considering an untimely resumption also can drag down scores on publicly reported process measures.
 
04/29/2013
The ambulation outcome measure inched up by one percentage point to 59% in CMS’ April 18 update of the Home Health Compare website.
 
04/29/2013
A revamped version of the HHS Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) voluntary provider Self-Disclosure Protocol is designed to provide more guidance to agencies about what to report from the get-go and to shorten the process to less than a year.
 
04/29/2013
The data below show the average number of clinical case-mix points captured by agencies on OASIS items in 2010, 2011 and 2012.
 
04/29/2013
Planning to buy or sell an agency? Add federal labor law violations to the tax fraud, billing fraud and other possible liabilities you should address before a deal is closed.
 
04/29/2013
Palmetto GBA will suppress payment on requests for anticipated payment (RAPs) for agencies with a large number of auto-cancellations due to failure to file a final claim.
04/29/2013
The following document details CMS' proposed changes for OASIS-C1, as filed with the Office of Management and Budget.

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