Home Health Line
10/01/2012

The number of Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollees referred to home health in 2013 could rise.

09/24/2012

Starting Jan. 7, 2013, the CMS claims processing system will automatically identify high-risk claims before they’re paid – a development that could lead to new pre-payment ADRs for agencies.

09/24/2012

Two agencies selected to lead a CMS care-transition project say a willingness to sacrifice short-term profit for long-term relevancy and persistence in developing partnerships have helped them gain CMS funding.

09/24/2012

Eddy VNA in Troy, N.Y. provides the following services to help patients transition into the home more easily.

09/24/2012

Enforce a more individualized approach to the hospice plan of care to prevent survey citations for failure to meet CMS content requirements for that document.

09/24/2012

Hospices most often received survey citations in 2011 for falling short on plan-of-care requirements, new CMS data show.

09/24/2012

Evaluate how well your agency is protecting patients’ health information and decrease the risk of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) violations with a new audit protocol from HHS.

09/24/2012

The protocol for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) audits enables agencies to conduct a self–audit and identify problem areas, says consultant Frank Ruelas, Casa Grande, Ariz.

09/24/2012

Starting Oct. 1, you’ll have to keep ordering and certifying documentation for at least seven years.

09/17/2012

Agencies will be “underpaid” if CMS finalizes its proposal to limit use of the diagnosis payment slot, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) says in its comments on the proposed 2013 PPS rule.

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