Home Health Line
01/28/2013
The rule codifies a four-tier penalty system for HIPAA violations.
 
01/28/2013
New data show the percentage of 13-visit episodes is trending upwards, raising the possibility of targeted auditor reviews that could cost your agency $300 or more per episode.
 
01/28/2013
The data show a steady increase in the percentage of therapy episodes ending at visit 13.
01/28/2013
Many agencies are trying hard to qualify as home health providers for CMS-approved accountable care organizations (ACOs) these days, but VNA of Texas isn’t one of them. What’s more, experts believe the VNA’s ACO experience could be a sign of things to come.
 
01/28/2013
Hospice mergers and acquisition activity may be back on the rise in 2013, but deal volumes are likely to settle below the peaks set in previous years.
 
01/28/2013
CMS has published its January OASIS Q&As.
01/21/2013
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) is set to repeat previous recommendations on home health payments in its March report to Congress.
 
01/21/2013
Having trouble enforcing your deadlines for clinician paperwork? Narrow Medicare margins make payment reductions for employees a tempting option, but an incentive system that incorporates quality and productivity benchmarks your agency cares about may be your best bet.
 
01/21/2013
The following excerpt from the 2012-2013 HomeCare Salary & Benefits Report shows the average salary and incentive bonus amounts paid to case managers/team leaders nationwide and in nine regions.
 
01/21/2013
All four Medicare administrative contractors (MACs) have reported that an issue is causing payment amounts to display incorrectly on the electronic remittance advice (ERA).
 

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