Home Health Line
08/26/2013
More than one quarter of the 136 respondents in HHL’s 2013 Productivity Survey say employees at their agencies drive on average between 5,000 and 10,000 miles a year.
08/26/2013
Home health agencies that pay their nurses per visit plus extra pay aren’t exempt from minimum wage and overtime requirements, a federal judge ruled recently in a lawsuit brought by nurses working for Gentiva Health Services.
08/19/2013
Hospices will receive a 1% increase in Medicare payments in 2014. But they’ll also be required to comply with new ICD-9 coding changes, the adoption of a new patient satisfaction survey and a standardized quality assessment instrument.
08/19/2013
When appealing a denial due to a lack of detail provided on a face-to-face form, have the physician write a letter with the missing supporting information.
Riverside Home Health Care in Kankakee, Ill., used that approach when appealing a $2,800 denial, says Peggy Regas, the agency’s financial manager.
 
08/19/2013
Home health managers can set the bar high when it comes to recruiting new nurses. That’s thanks to a greater supply of qualified nurses who are entering the market.
08/19/2013
Pinterest, a social media site that is often thought of as a place for sharing recipes, planning events or getting craft ideas, is gaining popularity as a tool for agencies to attract referrals.
08/19/2013
Physicians soon will have a simple way to make surrogates responsible for filing and amending the information about themselves demanded by PECOS (Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System).
08/19/2013
Agencies plan to invest a significant amount of money this year in direct mail, social media and their own websites, according to the 181 respondents in HHL’s 2013 Medicare Referrals Survey.
 
08/12/2013
CMS has finalized new hospice data reporting requirements, which will require extra time to collect information from pharmacies, work with vendors to update systems and take precautions to prevent cash flow interruptions.
 
 
08/12/2013
Home health consultants and agency owners are reporting an increase in additional documentation requests (ADRs) related to face-to-face documentation. And depending on agency size there could be as much as $100,000 at stake.
 
 

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