Home Health Line
04/01/2013
Adopting a paid-time-off (PTO) plan or capping sick days can help reduce or eliminate sick time abuse and ease the tribulations of staffing disruptions. However, make sure you’re in compliance with local laws and choose a plan that makes sense for your workforce and needs.
 
04/01/2013
The state of Connecticut and the cities of San Francisco, Washington D.C., Philadelphia and Seattle all have enacted mandatory sick leave laws in the past few years.
 
04/01/2013
The data below show how many days of paid time off (PTO) agency employees receive on average, based on their years of service with the agency.
04/01/2013
Starting April 1, Medicare administrative contractors (MACs) will return claims where there is a mismatch between the health insurance claim number (HICN) with the beneficiary’s name, sex, date of birth or other personal characteristics, as listed in the common working file.
03/25/2013
Expect CMS to issue several long-awaited releases in the coming months – including a draft of OASIS-C1, additional guidance on how new survey sanctions will be implemented and revised conditions of participation for home health.
 
03/25/2013
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s (MedPAC) annual report to Congress includes a recommendation for a copay for certain episodes and a speedup of rebasing. Those recommendations were included in two previous reports, but could take on new significance as Congress looks for “doc fix” savings.
 
03/25/2013
It’s become more important than ever to ensure hospice cost reports are accurate: A CMS contractor is analyzing cost report data to glean information for payment reform.
 
03/25/2013
The analysis below shows how the hospice face-to-face encounter requirement has impacted hospice benefit periods. Encounters are mandatory before the third and subsequent benefit periods.
 
03/25/2013
The two tags CMS cited most often on hospice surveys in 2012 both pertain to the plan of care.
 
03/25/2013
How many digital fax/printer/copier machines do you have at your agency’s office that might have been used to print or copy protected health information? That’s how many hard drives will need to be either regularly wiped clean or otherwise protected against outside breaches to ensure your agency stays compliant with the recently released “mega-rule.”
 

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