Home Health Line
10/29/2012
Ongoing Medicare rate cuts mean you can’t afford to lose referrals for patients who need your services, but consultants report that mistakes in the intake department are causing agencies to do just that.
 
10/24/2012

This year, OCS HomeCare considered 10,177 agencies for inclusion in the HomeCare Elite, up from 9,724 last year.

10/23/2012

The following examples of acceptable and unacceptable face-to-face encounter documentation were created and published by Medicare adminstrative contractor (MAC) NGS.

10/22/2012

The following screenshot shows the newly validated Missouri Alliance for Home Care (MAHC) tool embedded in Delta Health Technologies' Crescendo software. The screenshot was provided by Keith Crownover, president of the Altoona, Pa.-based vendor.

10/22/2012

Your clinicians’ OASIS workload just got a little lighter: Home health agencies will now be able to use a single tool that is both multi-factorial and validated to assess patients for falls risk and mark “yes” on M1910 (Falls risk assessment).

10/22/2012

The Oct. 11 update of Home Health Compare marked the first appearance of the claims-based emergency department (ED) use without hospitalization measure, which debuted at 11%.

10/22/2012

Fast-rising enrollment in Medicare HMOs and other Medicare Advantage (MA) plans suggests agencies’ problems with visit rationing and low reimbursement rates are likely to get worse.

10/22/2012

Before getting into negotiations with a plan, determine whether Medicare Advantage (MA) market penetration is significant enough in your area to warrant the effort of getting a contract, recommends Barbara McCann, chief industry officer at Interim HealthCare in Sunrise, Fla.

10/22/2012

How few home health visits may a Medicare Advantage plan allow an enrollee per episode of care and still meet the requirement that plans must provide coverage for the same services as standard fee-for-service Medicare?

10/22/2012

Most of the 157 agencies responding to HHL’s face-to-face encounter denial survey have seen fewer than five denials.

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