Home Health Line
10/15/2012

Correction: The story “Do more with less by expanding your hospice volunteer services” in the Oct. 8 issue of HHL incorrectly stated the location of All-Heart Home Health & Hospice as West Haven, Conn. The agency is actually located in Norfolk, Va.

10/15/2012

Print the sheet below on brightly colored paper and staple it to your face-to-face form to help physicians document correctly, recommends Arlene Maxim, founder of A.D. Maxim & Associates in Troy, Mich., who created the half sheet.

10/15/2012

Of 157 agencies who responded to HHL’s recent survey, 47.4% indicated they had received at least one denial relating to the face-to-face encounter requirement.

10/15/2012

Medicare administrative contractor (MAC) CGS Administrators responded to HHL’s request for comment on the scope of new widespread hospice edits with the following information.

10/08/2012

CMS is “currently evaluating its options” for implementing a requirement that home health agencies purchase surety bonds to help the government recover Medicare overpayments.

10/08/2012

Agencies nationwide have made few therapy utilization changes in response to case-mix adjustments in the final 2012 PPS rule, a new analysis by OCS HomeCare in Seattle shows.

10/08/2012

The data below show the percentage of home health episodes provided in the first half of 2011 and 2012, respectively, broken down by therapy visit ranges.

10/08/2012

Even if your agency is hospital-based, you may still need to earn the business of that hospital and its affiliated providers. You’ll grow referrals and improve your chances of getting a seat at the table as your hospital works to decrease readmissions and improve care transitions.

10/08/2012

Take your volunteer service component beyond the bare minimum to save money and bolster administrative and spiritual components of your hospice operations.

10/08/2012

In building your volunteer force, make sure to protect yourself from the increased liability to which it might expose you. Attorneys have the following advice.

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